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Camera quality depends on both the camera firmware blob and the camera app. On high-end Android phones, the camera app usually makes use of proprietary features on the firmware blob and performs post-processing (such as HDR and bokeh).

Other Galaxy S7 (herolte) users seem to have the same problems as you on LineageOS, but it's hard to tell exactly what causes them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/8awrcz/herolte_g...

Also, the Galaxy S7 is no longer officially supported by LineageOS, since there are currently no active device maintainers:

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/herolte/

It's difficult to diagnose issues with unofficial builds of LineageOS, because they most likely don't meet the LineageOS device support requirements:

https://github.com/LineageOS/charter/blob/master/device-supp...

Google Camera's post-processing has been well-received, and the app has been ported to many non-Google devices, including the Galaxy S7. I'm not sure how well the S7 ports work (especially if your S7 has an Exynos SoC) but XDA Developers has a couple of active threads here:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes

Using one of the ports might improve your camera situation. No guarantees, but it doesn't hurt to try.

I recommended the first-generation Pixel and Pixel XL because they are the only phones that are currently supported by both LineageOS and the latest version of the official (non-ported) Google Camera app. For people who aren't particular about camera features and quality, the Camera app that comes with LineageOS or any third-party camera app would be adequate, and you can use these with any supported device.



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