I didn't reproduce your problem.
But I could not figure out my own problem yet :
when my feature or graphics layers with Symbols (or renders) which are SimpleFillSymbol, SimplePolyllineSymbol, SimpleMakerSymbol, without controltemplate, storyboard, visual states are OK , otherwise, fails.
Even a FillSymbol without controltemplate inside, it fails, but change the type to SimpleFillSymbol, works.
I wonder if you have this issue or not .