How to locate my lost/stolen iPhone?

So my iPhone 5s recently got lost/stolen & it had full battery before I lost/got stolen & I've tried calling it but the phone is off? How?! I've tried using "Find my iPhone" but my phone is offline… How can I tract my phone when it's off?

Just put it in lost mode and put msg on screen saying stolen and to email you at XXX. Thats all you can do.

You can't. As long as the phone is off, or has no connection to the internet, there's no way to track it.

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