Ok so I too was met with this issue. After two weeks of searching far and wide. I started thinking location sharing services are directly related to iMessage. So I searched some more and stumbled upon old apple discussion forum from 2014. I could not believe it was this easy after restoring numerous devices. Step 1 turn off iMessage Step 2 turn of device while iMessage is disabled. Do not force restart device just soft restart volume up and down then slide to power off. I would wait about 60 seconds then restart device and enable iMessage. After iMessage has properly activated return to settings>iCloud>findmy and you will be a happy camper.
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App & System Services
SubTopic:
Maps & Location
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