When gtkpod isn't currently doing anything that has to be indicated through the progress bar, it constanly spits out the following line:
(gtkpod:<pid>): libanjuta-CRITICAL **: anjuta_status_progress_increment_ticks: assertion `status->priv->total_ticks != 0' failed
I'm working with gtkpod-2.1.2-25-gc3439ae from git.
I can confirm that with version 2.1.2