The gtk change is not enough, I tried ted's update for indicator-application, now the devices are correctly updated but the "visible" entry is not, it display such warnings on the command line:

"#0  IA__g_logv (log_domain=<value optimized out>, 
    log_level=G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, 
    format=0x9690f9 "%s: assertion `%s' failed", args1=0xbfffdf8c "`\355\031")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/glib/gmessages.c:555
#1  0x009237e6 in IA__g_log (log_domain=0x19e8ea "LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB", 
    log_level=G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, 
    format=0x9690f9 "%s: assertion `%s' failed")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/glib/gmessages.c:569
#2  0x00923a4b in IA__g_return_if_fail_warning (
    log_domain=0x19e8ea "LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB", 
    pretty_function=0x19ed60 "dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value", 
    expression=0x19e8d1 "DBUSMENU_IS_MENUITEM(mi)")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/glib/gmessages.c:584
#3  0x00197a0f in dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_value (mi=0x80ee678, 
    property=0x19149e "visible", value=0xbfffe01c) at menuitem.c:931
#4  0x00197c0e in dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_bool (mi=0x80ee678, 
    property=0x19149e "visible", value=0) at menuitem.c:885
#5  0x0018e65e in widget_notify_cb (widget=0x81044f0, pspec=0x809fef0, 
    data=0x80ee678) at libappindicator/app-indicator.c:1239
#6  0x008a9c9c in IA__g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__PARAM (closure=0x8118788, 
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    return_value=0x0, n_param_values=2, param_values=0x80fc6c8, 
    invocation_hint=0xbfffe1d0, marshal_data=0x18e550)
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gmarshal.c:531
#7  0x0089b362 in IA__g_closure_invoke (closure=0x8118788, return_value=0x0, 
    n_param_values=2, param_values=0x80fc6c8, invocation_hint=0xbfffe1d0)
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gclosure.c:767
#8  0x008b2a8d in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=<value optimized out>, 
    detail=<value optimized out>, instance=0x81044f0, emission_return=0x0, 
    instance_and_params=0x80fc6c8)
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gsignal.c:3248
#9  0x008b40f4 in IA__g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x81044f0, signal_id=1, 
    detail=250, var_args=0xbfffe390 "$\205\232")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gsignal.c:2981
#10 0x008b4856 in IA__g_signal_emit (instance=0x81044f0, signal_id=1, 
    detail=250)
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gsignal.c:3038
#11 0x0089f901 in g_object_dispatch_properties_changed (object=0x81044f0, 
    n_pspecs=1, pspecs=0xbfffe400)
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gobject.c:801
#12 0x0089c09f in g_object_notify_dispatcher (object=0x81044f0, n_pspecs=1, 
    pspecs=0xbfffe400)
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gobject.c:328
#13 0x008a1e93 in g_object_notify_queue_thaw (object=0x81044f0, 
    property_name=0x55a8e0 "visible")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gobjectnotifyqueue.c:120
#14 IA__g_object_notify (object=0x81044f0, property_name=0x55a8e0 "visible")
    at glib2.0/build-area/glib2.0-2.25.7/gobject/gobject.c:888
#15 0x0041532e in IA__gtk_widget_hide (widget=0x81044f0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkwidget.c:3280
#16 0x00402e52 in update_smart_separators (proxy=0x80d8cc8)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2213
#17 0x00403be8 in update_node (self=<value optimized out>, 
    node=<value optimized out>, in_popup=1, popup_accels=0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2791
#18 0x0040306f in update_node (self=<value optimized out>, 
    node=<value optimized out>, in_popup=1, popup_accels=0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2785
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#19 0x0040306f in update_node (self=<value optimized out>, 
    node=<value optimized out>, in_popup=1, popup_accels=0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2785
#20 0x0040306f in update_node (self=<value optimized out>, 
    node=<value optimized out>, in_popup=0, popup_accels=0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2785
#21 0x00404188 in do_updates (self=0x80c7118)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2827
#22 IA__gtk_ui_manager_ensure_update (self=0x80c7118)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.1/gtk/gtkuimanager.c:2882
#23 0x0804e90d in _start ()"