Re: How do I bypass the EA App and access Origin to play games.

what about the hosts file

I can't be 100% sure myself but I'm not willing to undo it to see what it does.

@TrueMatrix did you restart origin? (close it via notifications and stop background services)

because my origin after launching a game still doesn't have the popup. (which means I'm probably not going to do further tests)

@DragonGoonster interesting...

if you've indeed relaunched origin after closing all origin processes than it could mean that the latest version of origin may use a diffent pathway for the popup

my version 10.5.118.52644 doesn't show the popup

https://origin-a.akamaihd.net/Origin-Client-Download/origin/live/OriginUpdate_10_5_118_52644.zip

ALSO another thing to note is that in my case I did also restore the origin data folders to BEFORE the popup appeared (and blocked the api address before attempting to launch). So maybe there's something there that flags the popup to appear even if it can't connect to the web address to check for it.

it had been a shot in the dark to perhaps get ea app to reinstall correctly?, and it still seems the popup is a browser page of sorts...

If anyone's origin can sign in offline (after quitting it fully and closing background service) without showing an error page, does the popup still show then?

If it still does with your whole pc offline and without origin services running. Then there's also something in the files for the popup to show, and no amount of blocking will remove the popup from showing, but may stop it if you can revert to a state where it hadn't shown.

how big is your library

@TrueMatrix 

I only have 5 games in mine (so hardly a 'typical' user with many missing games in the EA APP) and whatever it is in my case, they do show.

You could try restarting origin.

I assume the popup showed before for you?

you could try undoing the api block and letting origin load the games entries to your cache before blocking it and launching origin again after quiting.

if your origin says something has gone wrong or is blank. Then your origin may be offline.

if you're trying to block the api, it should only be api1 subsite blocked.

but if you unblock it and don't run the origin web helper service and the popup doesn't show, then it would be the web helper bringing the popup.

NOTE: Either way, the popup has a delayed response and you could actually click to your game libary before it stops you doing anything else. So I still believe that it's being deliver from an address somewhere through either the origin service or client itself.

@speedracer523 

Is this right? im on 10.5.116 and still getting popup.

Guys, I found a fix for me anyway, it was actually through the EA APP but not launching with EA launcher, but EA Desktop instead as admin.

You should open the EA APP as admin from EA Desktop NOT EA Launcher for me this is the path "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\EA Desktop\EADesktop.exe" Note that if you opened from the shortcut (unless you created a shortcut for the above path), it will launch from this path "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\EA Desktop\EALauncher.exe" which will not work (at least for me).

thanks for the fix the only fix that worked for me and i must have tried dozens

Come on guys, there's got a be some catch that could bypass this peace of crap ea popup....something in windows defender?

I don't care about whether to use Origin or EA App but since "upgrading" to EA App, Apex legends doesn't load. Tried repairing, uninstalling, reinstalling, clearing cache, I just keep getting the same error message about something being wrong their end and to try again later. Origin just worked fined.

Sweet, I look forward to that possibility when my update has finished.

that's how mine is...

I dunno

I'm certain the popup is a webpage

but what address needs to be blocked is only something I'm half sure.

In my case, the EA App does install, but obviously still broken with missing entitlements.

The EA APP has been in developement for 3+ years, and yet. Still worse than origin.

The effort they wasted on that piece of crud could've easily been used to upgrade origin for whatever they needed it to do.

Thanks, @TrueMatrix, I'll give it a try. Sounds like version 10.5.11 may be the answer. I'll also try not using the "keep me signed in" which I was using. I still think someone from Origin or EA owes us a version that works so we don't have to do all of this garbage.

the installer is just going to install the latest origin version anyway

@speedracer523 how do i block the api?

see my earlier replies

though your mileage may vary