After seeing your success I too added the new package from the PPA and upgraded Banshee. It works!
I had been having the same issue as you but using a Samsung Galaxy SII on Ubuntu 13.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159513 Title: Banshee freezes on copying to iPod music which needs transcoding To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/1159513/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs