How can I know the current location of my stolen iPhone which shows offline?

Activeboy542 wrote:

How can I know my live location faster

Thieves also put stolen devices in Faraday Bags, which prevent them from communicating with the internet or pinging their location at all. The sad face is you are most unlikely going to get your stolen device back. Very few stolen devices are found. And even if you do find the location, you should NOT yourself attempt to go to the location. It could be very dangerous for you. Instead, you should alert the authorities to the phones location.

You should also let your carrier know your phone has been stolen so they can blacklist it to stop it from connecting with a carrier in the future.

Finally, if you get any messages purporting to be from Apple, suggesting your phone as been found and all you need to do is provide your account details, please know this is scam. Apple will never EVER send out such a message. Apple doesn't get involved in lost or stolen devices at all.

I didn't use the find my iphone

If you did not use Find My on your iPhone before it was stolen, the thief or fence will be able to reset your phone and "make your phone their own."

You could, perhaps, report the theft to the police, and to your carrier (phone company). If the carrier blacklistts the phone, it won't be able to get cellular service from any carrier who honors the blacklist. That won't "brick" your stolen phone as completely as Activation Lock would have – but if you failed to enable Find My, it's the best that you can do.

Hello~ Start by clicking on below…

If your iPhone or iPad was stolen - Apple Support

~Katana-San~

You can't.

Please keep in mind that a favorite trick of iPhone thieves is to wrap the phone in aluminum foil, so the phone can't send or receive a signal at all, even if the battery is OK and phone is on.

Offline can mean different things.

The battery might have run down

The phone might have been powered off

The phone may not have an Internet connection where it is located

Keep checking every 3-4 hours or so to see if the status of the phone has changed.

Keep checking to see if the phone appears. You can check as often as you like.

But.....even if the phone appears......what would you do? You would never want to try to retrieve the phone yourself. People have been killed doing that. Get the police involved if you can locate the phone.

Use the link that Katana-San provided for you above for other instructions.

Is there a way I can live chat apple and complain about this

Apple does not get involved with lost or stolen phones.

We have told you what to do and provided you with instructions to follow. Good luck.

If your iPhone or iPad was stolen - Apple Support

There is noting more that we can offer.

Are you saying you never enabled Find My on the now stolen phone? If that is correct, you will NEVER see the phone again as that is only way it can be tracked, if it came online and was connected to a network. Without Find My being enabled, this is a hopefully lost cause for you. And as others have told you and I told you, Apple NEVER gets involved in lost or stolen devices. They will not, nor can they track your phone. Not at all.

No. Apple does not get involved with lost or stolen phones.

Why would you complain to Apple about you having your phone stolen?

No. Entering a live chat with Apple will not result in some magic way to find your phone if Find By is unable to determine a location.