What is the message that appears on your phone when you open Find My?
"No Device Found"? Find My has been turned off.
"Offline"? One or more of the following are true:
- The battery has run down
- The phone was powered off
- The phone does not have an Internet connection where it is located
In this case, the Last Known Location will only be displayed for a day and will not be displayed again until Find My is able to connect to your phone.
Apple does not know your current location. You will have to keep trying a few times each day to see if the location of the phone will appear again.
Since the phone was stolen, there is almost zero chance that you will be able to recover the device, so it makes sense to erase the phone as an extra precaution.
Even if your phone might appear again......what would you do? Certainly you would never want to try to recover the phone yourself. People have been killed trying to do this.
Watch out for any messages that you receive that indicate that your phone has been found and you just need to provide more details.....like your passcode, Apple ID and Password......so the phone can be returned to you. Messages like this are scams from the thief who is trying to get into your phone.