My Location Service is turned on, but I still can get the "Find my iPhone" to work

I can find my iMac and my Mac Book Pro, but my computers can't find my iPhone.  It keeps telling me my iPhone is Offline when it's not.  It tells me to turn on my "Location Services".  It was always turned on. I followed an online suggestion to turn off "Location Services" and then turn it back on.  I did that.  It still didn't work.  I even turned the phone off and waited about 10 minutes and then turned it back on and I still can't get it to locate my iPhone.  I really need this as I am always misplacing my phone and leaving it somewhere.  ;-)  Thanks.

Again, nothing posted by PCMACK is correct.
The only way to locate/disable/erase any lost/stolen iPhone/iPod Touch is through Find My Phone or a similar app. However, this requires that Find My Phone be setup/activated, on your phone, before it was lost/stolen. You would then login at iCloud.com & try to locate it. This requires the phone be turned on & have an Internet connection. There is no other way to locate a lost/stolen iPhone. Apple can't/won't help you, nor will your carrier. Report the loss to the Police, your carrier & Insurance company. Change all of your passwords.
If your carrier offers Blacklisting & they Blacklist the phone, it will be unusable as a phone.
If locked with a passcode, all a thief or whoever finds it has to do is force the phone into recovery mode & restore it. While this deletes all data on the phone, it also removes the passcode so the phone can then be used as a phone or touch.

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