Cant connect to EA Server after 5-6min (Can't play any BF)
Hello, I hope you can help me, I’m desperate.
Context: I couldn’t play Battlefield 2042 because the error code 1:4688822970:-4685921B always appeared. I never found any working solution and ended up uninstalling it. But now that Battlefield 6 released, I get the same exact issue: “Unable to connect to EA servers”. I tried everything to fix it but nothing worked, so I refunded BF6 and went back to BF2042 to see if fixing that one would solve BF6 as well.
Both BF6 and BF2042 disconnect and won’t let me finish a match. The message is always “Unable to connect to EA servers.”
BF6 Error Code: 1:85009S
BF2042 Error Code: 1:4688822970:-4685921B
Specs:
Laptop THUNDEROBOT ZERO
RTX 4060 8GB
Intel i5 13500HX
32GB RAM
500GB SSD M.2 + 2 TB SSD M.2
Steps I tried (all failed):
Restart Battlefield 2042
Restart the PC
Reinstall Battlefield 2042
Update GPU drivers
Restart the modem
Change to a different network (I tried 4 different networks)
Change DNS to Google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4)
Change DNS to Cloudflare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1)
Enable Memory Integrity (HVCI)
Enable TPM 2.0
Enable Secure Boot in UEFI
Check Windows Defender to make sure Battlefield or EA App were not blocked
Tried Cloudflare Warp
Disabled VPN Global Protect
Ran sfc /scannow
Ran DISM
Removed and reinstalled the Intel WiFi driver
Checked for 802.11r or Fast Transition settings (my adapter does not support these options)
Modified MTU values
Logged out and back into the EA App
Forced EA App to regenerate a new login session
Tried signing in using a direct EA password instead of Xbox/Steam login
Tried launching the game from EA App and from Steam
Deleted Battlefield configuration folders to let the game regenerate new files
Checked Windows Credential Manager for EA entries
Confirmed Steam–EA account linking
Reviewed Windows Firewall rules
Reviewed Windows Security Controlled Folder Access (Ransomware protection), tested with it enabled and disabled
Deleted leftover cache, session, and token files
Verified Nvidia Control Panel wasn’t applying forced settings
Reinstalled the EA App
Cleared EA App cache
Confirmed that other online games work perfectly (Halo Infinite, Gears of War, Titanfall 2, Battlefront II, etc.)
Confirmed Battlefield 4 historically worked fine on the same account and device
Important behavior:
BF2042, BF6, and BFV always disconnect after around 5–6 minutes, even when I stay idle in the main menu.
The error appears even without joining a match.
Battlefront 2 and Titanfall 2 do not disconnect.
The disconnect is extremely consistent and looks like a session or token handshake problem with my EA account specifically.
