what the notice means

phrz can't reach its license server
The internet works, but something on your computer or network is blocking phrz.
phrz couldn't verify its license
Something other than phrz's server answered — usually security software that scans HTTPS, or a sign-in page on a hotel or office network.

what to check

firewall app
In Little Snitch, Windows Defender Firewall or similar, allow your DAW (for example Ableton Live or Logic Pro) to connect to the addresses below. phrz runs inside your DAW, so there is no separate phrz app.
VPN
Turn the VPN off and open the phrz window again. If the notice goes away, add your DAW or the addresses below to the VPN's exclusions (split tunneling).
security software
Web protection or HTTPS scanning stops phrz from checking its server. Add the addresses below to the app's exceptions.
router security features
Threat protection, parental controls or DNS filtering can block the addresses below. Allow them there. If phrz activates on your phone's hotspot, the network is blocking it.

After you change a setting, close the phrz window and open it again.

addresses to allow

phrz uses these addresses, all over HTTPS (port 443).

  • phrz.nokbeats.com
  • nokbeats.com
  • hiykjsttgalzhaujbxvi.supabase.co
  • *.r2.cloudflarestorage.com

activate in a browser

If you can't change these settings — an office network, or a computer that stays offline — activate phrz in a browser on any phone or computer.

  1. In phrz, click activate in a browser. phrz shows a code for this computer.
  2. Open the page below, enter the code and sign in with your phrz account.
  3. Paste the license into phrz and click use this license. A saved file opens with open phrz-license.txt.

nokbeats.com/tools/phrz/plugin/activate

That computer then works without going online, and counts as one of your 3 computers.

still stuck?

Email us and paste the error log (≡ > error log > copy all). It shows why the check failed.

support@nokbeats.com