I’ve never had to read a crash log before so I’m admittedly a n00b

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Asked: June 7, 20262026-06-07T01:51:48+00:00 2026-06-07T01:51:48+00:00

I’ve never had to read a crash log before so I’m admittedly a n00b

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I’ve never had to read a crash log before so I’m admittedly a n00b in these waters.

I can tell there was an EXC_BAD_ACCESS. How can I tell which object was released before it was supposed to be?

*note this happens after waking the device while the app is active. It doesn’t always happen, but often enough.

** EDIT **

A symbolicated crash log:

Incident Identifier: 14FFD847-61CB-435B-9E98-C06B3B661429
CrashReporter Key:   7c5fd78cf04b38cfd2aa153f61eb1655ed671274
Hardware Model:      iPhone4,1
Process:         My iPhone App [2599]
Path:            /var/mobile/Applications/ABAB96ED-A203-48A5-8B50-B34BA3A8E4A4/My iPhone App.app/My iPhone App
Identifier:      My iPhone App
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       ARM (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [1]

Date/Time:       2012-07-01 22:17:43.458 -0600
OS Version:      iPhone OS 5.1 (9B179)
Report Version:  104

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0xb4f05bbe
Crashed Thread:  0

Thread 0 name:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libobjc.A.dylib                 0x35a65f7e objc_msgSend + 22
1   UIKit                           0x33c31042 -[UIImageView isAnimating] + 130
2   UIKit                           0x33c3b100 -[UIImageView stopAnimating] + 96
3   UIKit                           0x33d5d1de -[UIActivityIndicatorView _tearDownAnimation] + 30
4   UIKit                           0x33cdb972 -[UIActivityIndicatorView _applicationDidEnterBackground:] + 34
5   Foundation                      0x37d8f4f8 __57-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_0 + 12
6   CoreFoundation                  0x37531540 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_0 + 64
7   CoreFoundation                  0x374bd090 _CFXNotificationPost + 1400
8   Foundation                      0x37d033e4 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 60
9   UIKit                           0x33c813f6 -[UIApplication _handleApplicationSuspend:eventInfo:] + 786
10  UIKit                           0x33c120a0 -[UIApplication handleEvent:withNewEvent:] + 2088
11  UIKit                           0x33c11708 -[UIApplication sendEvent:] + 48
12  UIKit                           0x33c110dc _UIApplicationHandleEvent + 5820
13  GraphicsServices                0x323c9224 PurpleEventCallback + 876
14  CoreFoundation                  0x3753951c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 32
15  CoreFoundation                  0x375394be __CFRunLoopDoSource1 + 134
16  CoreFoundation                  0x3753830c __CFRunLoopRun + 1364
17  CoreFoundation                  0x374bb49e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 294
18  CoreFoundation                  0x374bb366 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 98
19  GraphicsServices                0x323c8432 GSEventRunModal + 130
20  UIKit                           0x33c3fe76 UIApplicationMain + 1074
21  My iPhone App                   0x000f7ec2 0xdc000 + 114370
22  My iPhone App                   0x000ddc50 0xdc000 + 7248