Hello. Years ago after i stopped using my switch lite, months later when i decided to turn it on again, there was no image on the screen but you can hear sounds and use the touchscreen. The backlight turns on, just no image. I opened it up. Cleaned it up, put it back together but same problem. It would seem that it needs a new LCD. 

Well, fast forward to today, i decided to change the LCD, but still getting the same problem. I have now noticed that the lcd strip didnt enter the socket that easily and when i was going to try to reconnect it i noticed that on the tip of the strip theres a small mark of resistence, possibly with the conector, and upon inspecting the conector i see a PIN slot that is not like the others. It seems to be on the same position as the mark on the strip. 

Now the thing is that initially the conector shouldnt have been broken because the problem appeared out of nowhere, maybe a problem on the LCD but by cleaning it the first time i created a new problem. Is this a likely scenario? Am i setting myself up to dump more money into a maybe unfixable thing?

The thing about getting it fixes is because in my country, expecially my state, providers for these services are really rare. Every electronics repair shop i take this to on my state they say they can't do it

Thanks

Is this conector broken? Is replacing it the only next step?