patch installation help

[Fezzant]

I went through the compiling page, followed all the instructions, built a simulator from scratch, patched the source code, got the patch to function correctly in the simulator, and wanted to put it on my iaudio. I copied the ".rockbox" folder from the device to a place on my computer, then copied the ".rockbox" folder that was in the simulator's directory onto the device, replacing the original rockbox I had on there. all of it seemed the same as it had been on the simulator, except the patch I installed was not there (it added a menu option that did not appear). is there a specific way to implement a patched build? or is there something I am doing wrongly?

[XavierGr]

You can't run Simulator builds on the Real targets.

You have to make a normal build (not a simulator one) if you want to see your changes on your player.
When you type the configure command (../tools/configure), and after you selected which target you want to make, make sure to type the letter "N" for a normal build.
After that, compile typing "make" and finally type "make zip" to create the zip archive that holds your build.

In the end you uncompress that build on your unit and hopefully you will be able to see your changes.

[Fezzant]

ahhhhhh gottcha. I think I did make that mistake. I'll try to do that again. thanks