How do I eliminate the "Waiting for sync to Start"

I have too many photos to keep in sync (at least initially) over WiFi, so I plug in my iPhone to keep those in sync.
However since IOS5, I just get an endless "Waiting for sync" message when the phone is plugged in.  I even turned it to airplane mode to eliminate WiFi as an option and it didn't help.
Anybody have a clue?

I'm having the exact same problem with my 3GS, updating to iOS5.1 right now, hopefully this will fix it..

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