What worked for me was deleting some files from my computer that had been downloaded the same day Origin wouldn't let me log in. just type in uninstall program into your computer's search and uninstall what you don't want. BE CAREFUL YOU DON'T UNINSTALL A NECESSARY FILE!
I started having the same issues after the newest update. Thanks to someone on redit, I figured out the newest update is what is making the "You must be online" banner. I tried all the different techniques to fix the issues. Only one thing worked for me which was to uninstalled Origin and reinstall the last version of Origin. I got the old download from File Hippp. Here is the link: https://filehippo.com/download_origin/
Hope this helps someone. I worked on this for over 3 hours before I found this out.
Thank you so much! I have been trying to solve this all day. This was the only thing that worked! You rock!
I literally tried everything on the previous fixes - firewall, full removal/re-add, router check, pings, tracer, run-as-admin, etc. - nothing worked. Finally just got origin to the login screen, with an error saying "you must be online when logging in for the first time." Concluded it must be the latest update - checked on Twitter, and there's loads of people with the same problem - hence this thread has come alive again after a few years.
Only thing that's worked was installing the old version from the FileHippo link, but it still tries to auto-update. I hope EA sort this mess out - hate having to re-install the software every time I reboot.
This is really getting horrible. I keep having to uninstall and reinstall the old Origin client. ANY ETA ON WHEN THIS WILL BE FIXED?!!!
Still Broken...FIX IT!!!
