Encountered same problem with wallet application sync.
According to log the problem is that peer list file is empty 0_o
Solution:
1. Menu -> Help -> Debug Window.
2. Select Console tab.
3. Enter each line and press "Enter" (don't expect anything like "Command accepted" etc, console stays silent if this command is successful):
addnode 64.137.196.189 add
addnode 124.110.89.10:9253 add
addnode 157.7.222.158:9253 add
addnode 163.172.156.25:9253 add
addnode 220.100.89.8:9253 add
addnode 153.168.49.67:9253 add
addnode 123.254.33.254:9253 add
addnode 122.197.141.186:9253 add
List taken from this message (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=849994.msg25727244#msg25727244), thanx to LycheeBit. Btw, their pool works very well; personal stats jump like crazy, but the average hashrate is correct compared to miner results, - although workers disappear sometimes from the dashboard; dashboard real-time update would be great.
So that worked for me, sync process started in few minutes.