How do I locate a lost iPhone when Find My shows no location and offline?

I recently lost my iPhone and tried to locate it in find my but its saying how no location found and how its offline. Is there any other way I can try to locate it?



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iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 29, 2025 08:12 PM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2025 08:19 PM

No. You’ll just have to wait and see if hopefully it reconnects to the Find My network.


There could be a few reasons for your iPhone’s location not showing in Find My. To name a few, the battery has run out, it cannot connect to a connection, it has been powered off. In the case that a thief has possession in your iPhone, they may have wrapped it in tinfoil or put it in a Faraday Pouch, which would stop the iPhone from sending out signals to update it’s location.

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Mar 29, 2025 08:19 PM in response to sunic1

No. You’ll just have to wait and see if hopefully it reconnects to the Find My network.


There could be a few reasons for your iPhone’s location not showing in Find My. To name a few, the battery has run out, it cannot connect to a connection, it has been powered off. In the case that a thief has possession in your iPhone, they may have wrapped it in tinfoil or put it in a Faraday Pouch, which would stop the iPhone from sending out signals to update it’s location.

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