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HTC 10 stuck in bootloop after restarted

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Megaton_reaper

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My phone took a short fall out of my pocket the other day. After a brief inspection i didnt notice any damage to it or problems while using it. A little while later i realized my fingerprint scanner wasnt working so i went to reboot it . Since then it has been stuck in a bootloop. It gets as far as the Htc logo with all the spinning circles, freezes, then restarts itself only to do the same thing. Occasionally it will get to the end of that animation only to constantly vibrate for a few seconds before it reboots again. I'm still able to get into download mode and recovery mode so i tried to factory reset and wipe it but have had no luck with that either. I also looked into flashing the stock ROM for it but dont believe i am able to since the bootloader and everything is still locked. Im willing to try almost anything at this point if anybody has any suggestions.
 
You can flash the stock software on an unrooted device if you can find a compatible RUU (compatible with your device's software and cidnum - basically region/carrier it was sold to). In fact you have to lock the bootloader for an RUU to run. However, I don't see anything in your description that gives me any real hope that this is the problem.

If it started after a fall then some internal damage is the obvious explanation. Have you tried removing and replacing the sd card? If you have formatted that as internal storage I could well imagine that if it was shaken out of place slightly it could cause this. Less obvious if used as external, but no harm trying (and the sd is read right at the end of the boot sequence). If it's formatted as external try booting without it. Probably won't help, but no harm trying.
 
I tried out your suggestions and still havnt had any luck. If there might be visible internal damage I am fairly confident in disassembling phones if anybody can give me an idea as to what to look for
 
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