ERROR 401 BYTEVAULT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED

Disconnect: ORIGIN error retreving player data from storage - code 401

thats all i get when trying to play!

I suggest you try these simple steps, for some this has solved similar issues.

First do a repair install of the game in Origin, In origin right click your game and from drop down choose Repair Game.

Run Origin as Administrator - Right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and tick the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.

Ok i done all that.

now a different error code

Disconnect: ORIGIN error retreving player data from storage - code 400

Please make contact with an EA Game Advisor for assistance. Click the following link to get started: http://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/new/?category=demo-beta

For help on how to contact an Advisor please use this link: http://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-Help-Beta/How-to-contact-a-Game-Advisor-using-the-new-EA-Help-page/td-p/2161281

When is this issue going to be fixed? I contacted a game advisor and was simply told that she couldn't help me and the development team would be looking into it. I am out $60 with no game to play. This is unacceptable EA. Please give an ETA for a fix.

Apparently if you get this 401 error it means you were banned. Thats what I was told in a pretty unclear manner.

My first post:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Titanfall/Disconnect-ORIGIN-error-retrieving-player-data-from-storage-Code/td-p/2494554

My second post:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Titanfall/No-no-it-is-NOT-SOLVED/m-p/2496832#M19358

Lets try to figure this out ourselves since there is no solution nor a proper explanation and EA is just the worst company and extremely incompetent (I am not talking about the friendly community here, they say they can't do anything about this). Or you can just wait some weeks (or months?) for the almighty accountdisputes@ea.com and pray that they wont send a bot response saying you cannot play the game ever. 

Ok so we can start with asking some questions like:

where did you buy the game? origin or store?  (Me: store)

What region is the game? (Me: EU).

Have you managed to enter a match at all? (Me: no)

Were you using origin prior to installing titanfall? (Me: months ago only a couple times )

Is there any chance you might have a reason for suspension that might be considered cheating (mods, 3rd party programs etc.) or any (even if a little) bad behaviour? (Me: no, no)

Do you have a second account? (Me: yes, one that I have forgotten lol )

We have to understand what the hell this ban that they keep talking about really is. Are we banned from just titanfall? If so why would this happen after redeeming code and installing and running the game successfully and before even entering a game. And if it is a ban, where does it state that we were banned and why get a weird 401 error instead of a proper ban warning?

What we are facing is just unacceptible. They can not have the rights to just ban us without notifying us and giving an explanation of what we did wrong and expect us to wait for weeks to resolve the issue. Best case scenario we get an answer like "we made a mistake 2bad sorreh for that. Go on u can play the game now after all your buddies are already bored and quit ;D " I wish there were some lawyers amongst us :/

If anyone has found a solution PLEASE share.

well from my understaning if EA ban you from certian forums or boards it shouldnt effect playing games but it does as all accounts are linked together.

A 401 BYTEVAULT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED means you have being banned across EA platform. its crazy really that they are allowed to get away with stopping you from playing games you payed money for and suposse to own

the following qutoes were found on EA forums. they have said it doesent affect you from playing other games. they lied it does!

"If we suspend or ban you from the forums, that does not affect your in-game account and certainly it does not impact your in-game account for other games,"

"Posting in EA Forums is enabled by an EA Nucleus account -- but access to the forums and access to the games are separate. Players who have been banned from EA Forums are not automatically banned from online access to their other EA games. Players can be banned if they breach the Terms of Service or Code of Conduct in a forum, game or service. Each forum, game and service is managed independently by customer support representatives responsible for that specific forum, game or service."

same problem here,

i just relogged in into this account yesterday.

All i see is this 401 error,

gam installs everything, did the repair, everything fine,

still error 401,

so how is it possible to install a game when my account is banned?

The easiest way would be for me to create a new account and try there,

but my serial is no already wastes on this account.

So how long do we have to wait until our account ger removed from the so call banned status???

By the way, i don't understand why i should by banned, because i never cheated on anything!

ERROR 401 BYTEVAULT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED = Banned EA account.

all EA accounts are linked. so if you get banned from 1 game you wont be able to play other ORIGIN games that need online access,

contray to what ea says that it dosent effect other games.

"If we suspend or ban you from the forums, that does not affect your in-game account and certainly it does not impact your in-game account for other games,"

All you can do is email Accountdisputes@EA.com .. and hope they REPLY and UNBAN you.
as your key is tied to that account, you wont be able to use it on another account. unless you wanna give EA more money? didnt think so.

mine was banned for 72hours/3days.... i didnt have to wait that long but still.

i didnt get to play titanfall on release day because of something i posted on battlelog. retared to say the least.

still no reply from EA. This is pretty much the equivalent of robbery.