iNaturalist appears but immediately crashes iphone 6 Plus software version 12.5.7 tried deleting and reinstalling, still flashes cover screen then immediately disappears

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Platform (Android, iOS, Website): iPhone 6 Plus iOS version 12.5.7

App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About):
I don’t know
Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) :

URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:

Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/):
just the opening screen - green with the iNaturalist logo
Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1: attempt to open iNaturalist app

Step 2: green iNaturalist logo appears, then immediately vanishes

Step 3: app does not open

step 4: I have deleted and reloaded the app - tried to open the app - still the logo image and immediate disappearance, then nothing.

This is a known bug with 12.5.7 and unfortunately we don’t have enough information to fix it. I’m sorry it’s affecting you.

I’m going to close this topic to limit conversation to another topic for the same bug.