7.Sorry, Your Account has been Disabled! [Orkut Login Problem]

If you are getting error messages like, “Sorry, your account has been disabled” while trying to log in to your Orkut account, this means that Google has disabled your Orkut account and you won’t be able to login to your profile until and unless they restore it. Getting disabled accounts restored, is not an easy task and statistics say that more than 95% of users don’t get their disabled accounts back. Nope, I am not discouraging you, but this is the fact. I will of course guide you with some possible ways to get your account restored, but let me tell you, chances are narrow.

Let’s find out the reasons for this first. You might have got your account disabled for the following reasons :

1. If you have dishonored Orkut TOS in any manner
2. If you have uploaded nude photos to your Orkut albums
3. If you have threatened any Orkut member
4. If you have been spamming all around
5. If you are using someone’s fake account
6. If your profile is carrying negative vibrations towards a religion or community
7. If your profile has been reported abuse by other Orkut users
8. If you have used javascript codes to like “Scrap to all friends” frequently
9. Altering your Karma settings using any third party sites
10. Accessing your profile using sites like “powerscrap.net”, “powerscrap.com.br” etc.

Read complete Orkut TOS to stay intact in this largest social network. You also need to follow below Orkut policies. Spend some time in reading them for your account safety.

• Orkut image upload policy
• Orkut community standards
• Copyrighted material policy

Now if you have not violated any of Orkut TOS, you can expect your account to get restored within 5-6 hours. Few times Orkut Bots disable accounts suspecting any unusual activities and again restore them automatically with full functionality within next few hours. But what if you never get your account back?

You can contact Google with your problems here, here or here. Make sure that your request form sounds humble and accurate. In most cases it takes up to 2/3 days for account restoration, but remember to contact them as soon as your account gets disabled. Making delay will let them think that you were involved in some illegal activities and that’s why you did not appeal at the earliest. Act fast, after all it’s your account!

In case Google does not enable your disabled Orkut account, you can always make a new account using another email address. Make sure that you don’t repeat your previous mistakes this time.

Soon, I will write a post telling how to merge all contacts from your disabled account with the new one. If you don’t want to miss any single Orkut trick, I would advise you to subscribe to posts via email.