I would like to know if you can locate my iPhone through the IMEI number

Jiro Yoneshige wrote:

You can track your iPhone only if you iPhone app is turn on only and if it is not turn on then you can't find your iPhone.

You don not need to have any particular app running on the lost phone to track it. You do have to be logged into Find My in Settings><Your account>Find My>Find My iPhone>On.

No. The only way to track the phone is through Find My iPhone, which you can do.

~Lyssa

You can track your iPhone only if you iPhone app is turn on only and if it is not turn on then you can't find your iPhone.