We are unable to connect to EA servers to activate SimCity Limited Edition on this computer using your account. Please try again later.

[benjiwoods459]

just downloaded everything went well then this message came up, like we pay u ro give us a decent WORKING game and we get this come on u vcan do better!!!!

[MERRRRRRLIN]

I formatted and put in a new solid state drive. Everything works fine now. I Do believe this problem is 100% registry based

[TempuraKid]

Deleting 127.0.0.1 proxy.novafusion.ea.com in the host file really works! At least for me. Thank you very much

[Carkasjak]

I'm getting this error after attempting to install the game after having uninstalled it a few weeks ago.

No firewall, no proxies. The solutions suggested in this thread have not worked for me.

[simscitylover2]

every time i get a email from origin to verify my account i don't have a approved butten help?

[Kr955]

I have this issue as well and had it for a long time.

[greenfalcon44]

I got the same problem, reinstalled it and everything, can't connect to EA servers error like it says...

[dingco]

mileyfrustrated:

Spend good money for a great game only to have one after another disasterous failure, this game has got to be the biggest fail I have seen in my life!!!

[elanusanus · Accepted solution]

Editing my hosts file worked for me too!!! 

If you have pc tyou will find it here: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

And for mac: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/07/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/ 

If you find this line 127.0.0.1 proxy.novafusion.ea.com, delete it.

I have tried so many things since i bought the game a week ago, but now it works!^^

[Akanaro]

This is a connection problem on the user end. In my case I had for some reason a proxy pointing to 127.0.0.1 which I fixed by typing 'netsh winhttp reset proxy' in command prompt.

So if anyone still has this problem or runs into it in future make sure you have 100% internet access. Just because you can browse the net does not mean everything is in order. Usually youll find that issues like this effect Windows Update as well which will be a clear indication that something is blocking access to some services.