I realised that while my install was clean, my home directory was not (I keep it on a separate partition).
I did a sudo apt-get remove rhythmbox --purge followed by a apt-get install rhythmbox and now it can see my iPhone. However it still isn't working quite yet - there is another issue which I'm investigating... -- rhytmbox cannot see my iphone https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs