Flash goes off randomly

My iphone flash goes off randomly. Not the flash alert for texts and calls. Just randomly. It will stay on. I have to hit phone to make it go off. I read online it's probably a short in the phone. What should I do? Will apple fix it?

Yah, I'm sure it would. I found the answer a nano second later:
http://www.urtech.ca/2013/12/solved-samsung-s3-android-4-3-camera-flashes-with-inbound-email-or-phone-calls/
Galaxy S3, latest version on Android (this week)

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