Handbook

The emergency code has not arrived

First, the reassurance: your block keeps running either way. Nothing is lost, and you can request the code as often as you like.

In order:

• Which inbox are you checking?

  Settings shows the address on file. If partner mode is on, the mail goes to the address entered there, not to you.

• Check the spam folder.

  The mail comes from a sender your inbox has never seen before.

• Is strict mode on?

  Then the mail only goes out ten minutes after you ask for it. That is intended. You can leave the screen while you wait — the request keeps running, and the remaining time is there when you come back. It is only cancelled if you explicitly cancel it. Quitting Kaze does not cancel it either: when you reopen, the same request carries on with the time that is left.

• Does the screen say there is no connection?

  Then the request never left the device. Check Wi-Fi or mobile data, then ask again.

• Does the screen say sending is disrupted?

  Wait a few minutes and ask again.

The code from the mail does not work

Only the most recently requested code is valid. If you ask for a new one, the previous one expires. A code from an older mail will no longer fit.

So use the newest mail.

One code ends exactly one block. If several are running, the others stay.

I cannot get out because no email address is on file

Kaze does not ask for the address when you set a block up — only when you unlock. If you block without one, you find out at the worst possible moment.

The way out is still open: add the address in Settings. You can do this while a block is running. Unlocking then works as described.

Best done at first launch, together with your first block.

Why can I not simply cancel a block?

Because a cancel button is exactly what you would press in that moment.

Kaze is deliberately asymmetric:

• Extending is instant

  — turn the dial clockwise, fifteen minutes per step. No code, no waiting.

• Shortening does not exist

  — only an extension you just made can be taken back. Otherwise there is only unlocking completely, and that needs the code from your inbox.

How do I set up a block?

1. Pick the apps. The selection runs through Apple’s own picker, not through a list kept by Kaze.
2. Set the duration. The slider goes from one to twenty-four hours. Next to it you see when it unlocks again.
3. Slide the bolt. The switch at the bottom. It will not move until at least one app is selected.

The first time, Kaze asks for Screen Time permission — without it, nothing can be blocked.

And the one step people forget: put your email address in Settings. Setting up does not ask for it. Unlocking does.