GadgetFix — Local services in Santa Barbara

In early April 2025, I had the battery replaced on my older model Google Pixel phone. I emailed ahead of time with the request. I got a response back with a quote and a heads up that a battery would need to be ordered. I accepted the quote and the owner emailed me a few days later when the battery came in. I was able to drop by in the middle of the week and the work was done in an hour. He even managed to save most of the Otterbox that was on my phone. I wasn't expecting it to survive the teardown. Several months later I still haven't had any issues with my phone.

The owner was friendly and professional, but not in the stuck up corp. businessman kind of professional. The price for the work was affordable.

I have a minor issue, the dedicated parking for the business is only accessible from Mission street. If you're not paying attention or don't study the pictures from Google Maps street view then you will get stuck doing a big loop with the...

I took my daughter's phone to a Genius Bar appointment with Apple store. The person at Genius Bar quickly announced the phone dead. My only choice is to pay over $340 to perform "rear end repair" which will wipe out all the data. My daughter was really sad as she have all her high school photos on the phone and they were not saved on iCloud. After checking around, I went to GadgeFix a few blocks away and a guy quickly diagnosed a bad battery, replaced with a new one and brought the phone back to life. Costed me only $100 and not to mention the recovery of memories that worth so much more. My daughter was thrilled. I saw the great reviews prior to entering into the store, hearing customers' compliments in the store, and was totally impressed with the great service and skills of the staff. Thank you, GadgeFix, you guys are...

Google Pixel 1st Gen battery/screen replacement done within a couple of hours. Parking's a bit weird as the shop's off of a one-way street, so either street-parking or use the parking lot behind the shop. That parking lot is a little strange though, as it's shared with other nearby shops. Most of the spaces were marked for different shops; I don't know how strict they are about parking, but I came on a more chill day so it wasn't an issue. I killed time running errands, but I did have some dead time just kind of waiting around in my car. I wish there was a better way of being notified when your device is ready... I obviously didn't have my phone on me so I kind of just waited around for...