My square Hue bridge (three lights across the top) died. The left LED and button ring lit, but I couldn't access the bridge.
I got new one, same model, installed it, updated firmware, app is current and it recognizes the new bridge. When launching the app it tries to connect to the old bridge and naturally, it fails.
The three LEDs are lit, but the blue ring around the button is not.
Apparently it was supposed to let me migrate my devices and setting to the new bridge but no joy.
A feeling of 7th Ring of Hell weighs over me, as I may have to remove every light and switch to get the QR code, and enter manually. But I need to get to the app to do that.
How do I get the app to connect me to the replacement bridge. This is the bridge version just before the Bridge Pro.
Clearly, I don't know what I'm doing. Is there away out of this morass?