Potential Motherboard issue? Back of Phone.

My friend gave me his old iPhone 4 today. My phone was stolen a couple of weeks ago, and I don't have the money right now to purchase a new phone. Anyway, this phone does not have a back, as in nothing is protecting the battery, but everything is fine, but one issue is keeping the phone from starting. I believe it may be the mother board, but I am not sure. On the back, I am speaking of the bottom-left corner, a little less than a half-inch away from the edge, to the right of the speaker mechanism, directly under the 3G blah-blah-blah. It's like a little curve that connects the piece of motherboard directly to the phone. Half of it is gone, and the other half is just sticking up. I'll attach two picture. The first image is showing what I am talking about. In this image, the problem is  in the bottom-right corner, highlighted. The second image is it sticking up. I just want to know if this is an easy fix? I'm not willing to pay for a replacement phone, but I will pay for an affordable repair.

There are several iPhone teardown videos online.  Nothing about the iPhone 4 is easy to fix.  Too, the "motherboard" is covered on both sides with dozens of components, and would be located near the front - not the rear - of the iPhone.

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