HT201472 lost iphone 5

I lost my iPhone 5 sometime ago - 25 Nov 2014
Unfortunately the police was of no help.
I had to erase my data - so I did what any sane person would do... delete data the moment it was activated.
It did get activated and data deleted.
But I did not see its last location - as data was deleted.
Kinda silly really cos now I do not know who took it.
I have the imei no but no one can help track it down nor can any service provider help trace the phone.
I left a message to have it returned to the police station if found.
I believe that it is now the property of some unconscionable person.
It makes me mad and helpless.  Is there really nothing I can do?

Did you have Find My iPhone enabled? If so, the phone is nothing more than a paperweight to the person that took it. There is no other way to track it if its location doesn't show up on icloud.com.
~Lyssa

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