Chosen Solution

i attached the image of what exactly i think is causing the phone not to charge, but im not 100% sure if that’s the problem. had this phone for YEARS so im sure there might be other things wrong. what can i do to fix this?!

That definitely shouldn’t be bent like that, I suppose you can Try very carefully bending it back in place with a very small tool as a solution and see if that works, other than that, completely replacing that connector entirely may be possible, though it is directly connected to the mainboard.