Hey everyone, I wanted to share my recent experience with the Hue v3 hub and see if anyone else has encountered a similar issue. I recently had to replace my first v3 hub after it unfortunately bricked. With the new hub in place, I went through the process of re-pairing everything from scratch. While the Hue Bridge connected perfectly on its own, it initially struggled to pair with SmartThings. After a day of waiting and resetting everything, it finally paired with SmartThings, but here’s where the problem began.
Despite multiple attempts—power cycling, soft resets, hard resets, removing and re-adding devices, bridges, and even routers—the bulbs still won’t integrate back into SmartThings. I’ve tried every troubleshooting step I could think of, and even looked into some forum topics that seemed related, but nothing has worked so far.
I’m technically knowledgeable, but not a developer, so I’m at a loss. If anyone out there has any insights or solutions, I would be incredibly grateful. The community here is amazing, and I really appreciate everyone’s help and support. Thanks in advance!