Here’s a write-up on — a custom recovery and ROM project from the early 2010s Android modding scene. ClockworkMod Carbon: A Niche But Notable Chapter in Android Custom Recovery History Overview ClockworkMod Carbon (often referred to simply as Carbon Recovery or Carbon CWM ) was a third-party custom recovery image for Android devices, built as a variant or themed derivative of the popular ClockworkMod Recovery by Koushik Dutta (Koush). Unlike the standard blue-and-black text-based CWM interface, Carbon introduced a darker, sleeker visual theme — often charcoal gray with cyan or orange accents — and occasionally included minor usability tweaks.