I am currently working with Android Sensor API and accelerometer data. Though the internal components should support high acceleration (even +-16g), I tried some recent smar
Sorry that this is an answer and not a comment, but I don't have the rep yet. I've got a Moto X 2nd Gen, and the accelerometer has a 16-g range(+/-).
Here's the datasheet for the sensor. It's an MPU6515 from Invensense.