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What in the bowels of unholy hell

    We recommend counting with Mississippi (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi, etc.).

    Start with your bulb off for at least 5 seconds.
    1. Turn on for 8 seconds 
    2. Turn off for 2 seconds
    3. Turn on for 8 seconds
    4. Turn off for 2 seconds
    5. Turn on for 8 seconds
    6. Turn off for 2 seconds
    7. Turn on for 8 seconds
    8. Turn off for 2 seconds
    9. Turn on for 8 seconds
    10. Turn off for 2 seconds


    If the factory reset above was unsuccessful, you might have an older version of the C by GE bulb. Please follow the instructions below to reset.

    Bulb Reset Sequence – for firmware version 2.7 or earlier:
    We recommend counting with Mississippi (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi, etc.).

    Start with your bulb off for at least 5 seconds.
    1. Turn on for 8 seconds 
    2. Turn off for 2 seconds
    3. Turn on for 2 seconds
    4. Power off for 2 seconds
    5. Turn on for 2 seconds
    6. Power off for 2 seconds
    7. Turn on for 2 seconds
    8. Power off for 2 seconds
    9. Turn on for 8 seconds
    10. Power off for 2 seconds
    11. Turn on for 8 seconds
    12. Power off for 2 seconds

>>kristj+(OP)
I like how this implies that after firmware release 2.7, they decided that 12 different power cycling patterns was too many, so they lowered it to 10. Wouldn't want some unsuspecting user to reset their bulbs by accidentally following an exact pattern up to 9 times.

>>aquova+M1
Right!? Maybe we're all just crazy and there's a method to the madness but I spent an average of 15 minutes just trying to get it to pick up the reset, PER LIGHT.