diff --git a/src/Controller/ResqAPI/CustomerController.php b/src/Controller/ResqAPI/CustomerController.php
index 287fd082..595da8a3 100644
--- a/src/Controller/ResqAPI/CustomerController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/ResqAPI/CustomerController.php
@@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
 
         // return data
         // TODO: do we need to return the same names as before?
-        // right now, still usind the old names so we use session_id name
+        // right now, still using the old names so we use session_id name
         $data = [
-            'session_id' => $mobile_user->getID()
+            'session_id' => $mobile_user->getID(),
+            'phone_model' => $mobile_user->getPhoneModel(),
+            'os_version' => $mobile_user->getOSVersion(),
+            'phone_id' => $mobile_user->getPhoneID(),
         ];
 
         // response
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
         }
 
         // TODO: check if mobile matches mobile of customer
+        // need to "clean" the mobile number. Mobile user stores the number with the area code prepended
+        // Customer stores the number without the area code
         $customer = $this->findCustomerByNumber($mobile_user->getPhoneNumber(), $em);
         if ($customer != null)
         {
@@ -319,6 +324,11 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
 
         $em->flush();
 
+        $data = [
+            'first_name' => $cust->getFirstName(),
+            'last_name' => $cust->getLastName(),
+        ];
+
         return new APIResponse(true, 'Customer info updated');
     }
 
@@ -452,8 +462,12 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
 
         $em->flush();
 
+        $data = [
+            'device_id' => $mobile_user->getDevicePushID(),
+        ];
+
         // response
-        return new APIResponse(true, 'Device ID updated');
+        return new APIResponse(true, 'Device ID updated', $data);
     }
 
     public function privacySettings(Request $req, EntityManagerInterface $em, MobileAPIHandler $mah)
@@ -555,6 +569,7 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
 
         foreach($customers as $customer)
         {
+            error_log('no customer?');
             $vehicles = $customer->getVehicles();
             if (count($vehicles) > $car_count)
             {
@@ -600,89 +615,4 @@ class CustomerController extends APIController
         $message = "Your Resq confirmation code is $code.";
         $rt->sendSMS($phone_number, 'MOTOLITE', $message);
     }
-
-
-    // TODO: this might not be needed if we use APIController's checkRequiredParameters
-    // or we put this into a service?
-    protected function checkMissingParameters(Request $req, $params = [])
-    {
-        $missing = [];
-
-        // check if parameters are there
-        foreach ($params as $param)
-        {
-            if ($req->getMethod() == 'GET')
-            {
-                $check = $req->query->get($param);
-                if (empty($check))
-                    $missing[] = $param;
-            }
-            else if ($req->getMethod() == 'POST')
-            {
-                $check = $req->request->get($param);
-                if (empty($check))
-                    $missing[] = $param;
-            }
-            else
-                return $params;
-        }
-
-        return $missing;
-    }
-
-    // TODO: since we broke the functions into separate files, we need
-    // to figure out how to make this accessible to all ResqAPI controllers
-    protected function checkParamsAndKey(Request $req, $em, $params)
-    {
-        // TODO: depends on what we decide to return
-        // returns APIResult object
-        $res = new APIResult();
-
-        // check for api_key in query string
-        $api_key = $req->query->get('api_key');
-        if (empty($api_key))
-        {
-            $res->setError(true)
-                ->setErrorMessage('Missing API key');
-            return $res;
-        }
-
-        // check missing parameters
-        $missing = $this->checkMissingParameters($req, $params);
-        if (count($missing) > 0)
-        {
-            $miss_string = implode(', ', $missing);
-            $res->setError(true)
-                ->setErrorMessage('Missing parameter(s): ' . $miss_string);
-            return $res;
-        }
-
-        // check api key
-        $mobile_user = $this->checkAPIKey($em, $req->query->get('api_key'));
-        if ($mobile_user == null)
-        {
-            $res->setError(true)
-                ->setErrorMessage('Invalid API Key');
-            return $res;
-        }
-
-        // store session
-        $this->session = $sess;
-
-        return $res;
-    }
-
-    // TODO: type hint entity manager
-    // TODO: since we broke the functions into separate files, we need
-    // to figure out how to make this accessible to all ResqAPI controllers
-    protected function checkAPIKey($em, $api_key)
-    {
-        // find the api key (session id)
-        // TODO: user validation needs to be changed
-        $m_user = $em->getRepository(MobileUser::class)->find($api_key);
-        if ($m_user == null)
-            return null;
-
-        return $m_user;
-    }
 }