Iphone 5 intermittent 'camera flash not firing when ON' issue - apple says they need to 'replicate' for repair!?

i have been having this problem for a long time but i thought this was some ios bug. since i dont use the flash that much i noticed this problem only occasionally. but now i'm pretty sure this is some problem with the hardware....
...when kept on ON, the camera fires at will. especially if it detects a face, it wont fire. made a post about this long time back. have clean installed ios 7 since and also reseted settings several times. apple says wont do repairs until the issue is replicated in front of them! what do i do?
Neerav

If the repair shop was not apple certified repair shop then Apple will not replace/ or touch that device with a ten foot pole sadly. I'd follow Rudegar's advise and try anthoer repair shop as sadly it sounds like you got jipped by the original owner. Always verify your infomation through the company before you hand over the money!

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