Its coming from Hong Kong and won’t be here till May. I will tag you once I get into it. 
Why all the control over the hardware utilizing open source? Insane!
Far be it for me to speculate, but here is what Swayam Prakash thinks 
. Samsung put these little triggers in to protect their commercial agreements, a small part of me thinks, what can be triggered in can be triggered out!
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So… Xiaomi isn’t much better than Samsung…? At least after 2 weeks you’ll be able to flash TWRP, right?
Curious in this article that the author relates that TWRP needs so be present on the phone to achieve the desired result. With what @Redsidriver and I experienced Samsung appears to have found a way to make this not achieveable (if updates beyond BIT binary 2 are installed).
EDIT: We have OEM Unlock on but Knox/RMM blocks the TWRP flash with any device > BIT binary 2 (any device < = BIT binary 2 can have RMM prenormal removed by tools like Chimera, beyond BIT 2 (Android 9 & 10, these tools don’t work)).
Not only the waiting time dictated by Xiaomi is annoying but also the unlock procedure. You will experience it yourself. :0)|
But afterwards, unlike Samsung Galaxy, you can work with FASTBOOT, which is more flexible than Heimdall or Odin.
By the way: As an EU-European, I’ve been used to moving around without borders and controls for many decades. And except for one Samsung Galaxy, I’ve equipped all of them with TWRP. And there have been quite a few so far. Except for the one-off I mentioned. Here, the bootloader was completely and forever blocked by a stock Android firmware from the United Arab Emirates (VAE).
We also know this from Huawei in Europe these days. Who knows what the next few years will bring. It is quite conceivable that the big players will seal off their market and permanently block the boot loader.
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So seeing as I have no way of getting a sim card from another country and Ive already updated the phone to android 10 there is no more hope for my phone?
I am quite confident that once the phone is updated to stock Android 10(Q) (Edit: Anything other than BIT 1 or 2) there is nothing that can be done. So yes I believe you will be unable to get /e/OS running on that phone (unless you buy a plane ticket 
). I am now in process of researching cellular bands on other phone manufacturers to figure out what to do next when these current Samsung’s are dead. As of now, and unless something changes, I won’t ever buy another Samsung product.
Buy a plane ticket just for the Samsung Galaxy and send it to someone who can unlock your Galaxy and flash it with /e/ OS ‘Q’ straight away. But first clear the duty formalities so that no import taxes/duties are due when sending it back from Europe. The shipping costs from the US to Europe and back are already expensive enough.
I remember the time this was called a postage stamp. But you still need to find out to which territory you might send the device!
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For me, Samsung’s statement is clear …
… a European provider within the European region.
Currently, the European Union (EU-Europe) has 27 Member States. The list of countries in Europe lists the current 47 countries. So there is plenty of choice …
If the phone @Redsidriver received was the same as mine, it appeared to be from the UAE I believe. (EDIT: Though Samsung UK directed me to Samsung Oman when chatting with them. After this I sold the phone. A clue could be in the CSC code mentioned in the “UAE” link above👆🏼)
Carrier ID: XSG = United Arab Emirates
Sales Code: XSG = United Arab Emirates
Product Code: XSG = United Arab Emirates
Country Code: UAE = United Arab Emirates +971
Update
As it stands, the chances of being able to unlock the Galaxy are very very poor.
By the way:
The US carrier Verizon is known for permanently locking the bootloader of Google Pixel Phones.
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I wonder if you have done any reading at
https://forum.xda-developers.com
I do not want to tip you towards unwise interventions, because I think you still have a brand new phone that still works. (Please tell me if I am wrong.)
If you want to bounce any ideas off what you see there under RMM-State Prenormal I am listening.
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Yes you are correct still a brand new 3 year old phone . I just came from a very old galaxy s7 and a blackberry classic. This phone is an incredible upgrade for me . The 3 reasons I picked it was for the camera , speakers and degoogled capability . Im just not a fan of all the Tracking . Im not throwing in the towel just yet but i am very new to this and don’t have that much time at the moment .
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Is this a fair representation of your Download mode screen (please tell me if I am wrong)?
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED: FAST
PRODUCT NAME:SM-G965F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
RMM STATE : Prenormal
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: OFF
WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0x0000)
imho:
Samsung Official + WARRANTY VOID: 0 indicate no interference has occured.
Factory reset protection is off.
If your phone still says that, (that is, you never interfered with it) from a point of consumer law can you make a case that you were sold a lemon?
Your Miami, Florida, 98.8% positive feedback, vendor included a paragraph: PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING: This is an unlocked international mobile phone …
This phone appears not 100% unlocked in USA.
If you keep it, consider at leisure your appetite for doing the required reading to consider the more “intrusive” option I already mentioned.
That is a good sign and normal! I struggle with multiple links and always have to go back to a large sheet of paper. 
Bon chance
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yes that is exactly what it shows .
So this is the method: https://forum.highonandroid.com/t/how-to-install-android-10-or-11-gsi-roms-on-galaxy-s9-s9-plus/332.
The question you are asking is can you make a GSI ROM flash onto a Samsung which is showing as RMM State Prenormal. I do not know!
Edit: Except can you get past Step 1? You will need to unlock the bootloader, make sure “OEM Unlock” is checked ON in Developer Settings. That should be enough but if you are on newer firmware, you might have to reboot into Download mode and actually unlock the bootloader.
phhusson is highly respected. You will find him at https://forum.xda-developers.com/, perhaps you could find a suitable thread to read about that and/or even ask a question.
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/e/ OS ‘Q’ GSI and AOSP 11 GSI ROMs already ran successfully on my S9+ (star2lte).
The basic requirement for installing a GSI ROM is
you guessed it
an unlocked bootloader aka OEM unlock.
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