Will I be able to track my iPhone?

I think someone stole it when I set it next to my back pack so I can go up to my teacher to ask her a couple questions. It is a large classroom.

I went to icloud.com and I have my iphone registered under my apple ID, but keeps saying it is offline. If the thief enables Wi-Fi on it, will it notify me the location or not?

If the iphone is turned off when you are trying to track it through icloud then you will have no luck finding it. Also its possible that they reset your phone and then, sadly, you will not be able to track it even when the iPhone is turned on.

If you had the lookout app you can track it down and if location services are on you can find it if the thief hasn't restored it already

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