Cannot control bulbs after power outage

Maybe it takes more than one factory reset? I don’t know why, but in another recent topic a community member wrote about finally getting a problematic Bulb Color to appear online again after trying a factor reset for a fourth time:

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If I was going to do that much work, I’d probably start with a single bulb, do a full factory reset on the bulb (which it seems like you’ve done), and do a complete purge of my app data to grab a fresh profile.

This is how I would get a clean copy of my account profile/settings on Android (click/tap to expand):
  1. Clear the in-app cache: From the Wyze app’s home screen, navigate to Account ➜ App Settings ➜ Cache File Size ➜ Clear.
  2. Navigate back one screen to Account and tap Log Out at the bottom.
  3. Swipe the Wyze app out of the running Android apps.
  4. Long-press on the Wyze app’s launcher icon (on the phone’s home screen or wherever you tap to initially open the app) and then tap App info in the pop-up menu.
  5. Tap Force stop on the App info screen (may need to tap OK to confirm) and then tap Storage & cache.
  6. Tap Clear cache and Clear storage on the Storage screen.
  7. Back up one screen (back to App info) and then tap Open and proceed to log back into your Wyze account/app. (Optionally reboot the phone at this step for good measure and then launch the Wyze app after the fresh boot instead of relaunching it immediately from this screen.)

Note: I don’t know what the options would be for modifying these steps on iOS since I don’t use that platform.

If it’s easily done, I’d probably also reboot the home network (I don’t have a good reason but generally like to do a controlled reboot after a power outage, just like I prefer to initiate a clean reboot if I have a PC crash) and temporarily relocate the bulb close to your gateway or a wireless access point in order to give it a strong signal to connect to. That’s where I think I’d proceed after the other troubleshooting you’ve described.

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