Oh, wait, I just reread your post. Are you saying that you cut all power to the bulb with a switch? In that case, the cloud just has whatever the last state was. Those bulbs are intended to always be on power, you’re not supposed to turn them off at the switch.
If you do, they should just re-sync the next time they come back on power. If they don’t, then go through the steps in the previous FAQ.
But if you are frequently cutting the power to any smart bulb, regardless of brand, with a switch, then the inrush current when you turn the bulb back on can potentially damaged the radio inside the bulb. It’s not usually a safety issue, but it can significantly shorten the life of what are already expensive bulbs. Plus there’s the out of sync issue.
Instead, you might consider one of the alternatives in the following FAQ:
If I’ve misunderstood what you’re saying and it’s just the problem I originally mentioned of the GE bulbs dropping offline, my apologies for any confusion.