diff --git a/.changeset/nano-7g-firmware-1-0-1.md b/.changeset/nano-7g-firmware-1-0-1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2b8b2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nano-7g-firmware-1-0-1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@podkit/libgpod-node': patch
+---
+
+The iPod nano 7th generation on firmware 1.0.1 can now be written. That firmware lists only SQLite post-process command set 9, not set 25, so writes failed with "no command set 25"; libgpod now falls back to set 9 and skips carrying over track choice columns that set 9 does not create.
diff --git a/tools/nano7/README.md b/tools/nano7/README.md
index 5ba94323..8a1b8377 100644
--- a/tools/nano7/README.md
+++ b/tools/nano7/README.md
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ Audiobooks, Rentals) in `Library.itdb` and in the `iTunesCDB` dataset 5,
 whose header fields are kept as read, and iTunes' schema level: its
 additional columns, `user_version` 26 (`Library.itdb`) and 2
 (`Genius.itdb`) and the `version_info` row. The device's SQLite post-process
-command set 25 completes that schema. A missing set, a missing or failing
-command, or an insert or commit that fails while the databases are generated
-fails the write and leaves the library unchanged. A nano 5th generation keeps
-libgpod's previous layout.
+command set 25 completes that schema. Firmware 1.0.1 lists only its
+predecessor, set 9, which lacks the track choice columns and
+`FakePragmaITunes26`; set 9 is used when set 25 is absent. A missing set, a
+missing or failing command, or an insert or commit that fails while the
+databases are generated fails the write and leaves the library unchanged. A
+nano 5th generation keeps libgpod's previous layout.
 
 A write keeps what a nano 6th/7th generation recorded in `Dynamic.itdb`.
 Plays, skips, ratings, bookmarks, recent counts and their dates become the
diff --git a/tools/nano7/test_libgpod.py b/tools/nano7/test_libgpod.py
index 4302d291..c3d5c2d6 100644
--- a/tools/nano7/test_libgpod.py
+++ b/tools/nano7/test_libgpod.py
@@ -350,6 +350,25 @@ def test_nano_post_process_commands_are_required(self):
                 self.assertIn("post-process commands", result.stderr)
                 self.assertEqual(self.snapshot(), library)
 
+    def test_nano_firmware_1_0_1_command_set_9(self):
+        # Firmware 1.0.1 lists only set 9: set 25 without its later commands,
+        # and device update level 1107. It has no track choice columns.
+        sets, sql = self.commands["UserVersionCommandSets"], self.commands["SQLCommands"]
+        later = {"CreateIsHomeVideo", "FakePragmaITunes26", "UpdateDeviceUpdateLevelTo1109"}
+        names = [name for name in sets["25"]["Commands"]
+                 if name not in later and "ItemStatsAudio" not in name and "ItemStatsSubtitle" not in name]
+        set_9 = dict(sets["25"], Commands=names + ["UpdateDeviceUpdateLevelTo1107"])
+        self.setup_synthetic("MC526", 5, dict(
+            self.commands, UserVersionCommandSets={"9": set_9},
+            SQLCommands=dict(sql, UpdateDeviceUpdateLevelTo1107=
+                             "UPDATE version_info SET device_update_level = 1107;")))
+        self.run_helper("create")
+        self.run_helper("resave")
+        self.check_library(1)
+        self.assertEqual(rows(self.db("Library"), "SELECT device_update_level FROM version_info"),
+                         [(1107,)])
+        self.assertNotIn("audio_language", columns(self.db("Dynamic"), "item_stats"))
+
     def test_nano_runs_the_first_genre_count_command(self):
         # Set 25 lists AddGenreMapCompilationCount twice; only the repeat is skipped.
         sql = dict(self.commands["SQLCommands"])
diff --git a/tools/prebuild/libgpod-nano.patch b/tools/prebuild/libgpod-nano.patch
index e51b9816..53ce2733 100644
--- a/tools/prebuild/libgpod-nano.patch
+++ b/tools/prebuild/libgpod-nano.patch
@@ -955,9 +955,9 @@
  		while (subnode) {
  		    unsigned long int intval = strtoul(key, NULL, 0);
 -		    if ((intval > 0) && (intval > maxver)) {
-+		    /* nano 6G/7G: set 25 fits libgpod's schema plus
-+		       Library_nano_columns and raises it to iTunes' level 26 */
-+		    if (nano ? (intval == 25) : ((intval > 0) && (intval > maxver))) {
++		    /* nano 6G/7G: set 25 fits libgpod's schema plus Library_nano_columns;
++		       firmware 1.0.1 lists only its predecessor, set 9 */
++		    if (nano ? (intval == 25 || (intval == 9 && maxver != 25)) : ((intval > 0) && (intval > maxver))) {
  			user_ver_cmds = subnode;
  			maxver = intval;
  		    }
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@
  
      if (!mk_Locations_cbk(itdb, outpath)) {
  	g_set_error (error, ITDB_ERROR, ITDB_ERROR_SQLITE,
-@@ -2250,6 +2476,187 @@ static void rmdir_recursive(gchar *path)
+@@ -2250,6 +2476,198 @@ static void rmdir_recursive(gchar *path)
      g_rmdir(path);
  }
  
@@ -1241,6 +1241,17 @@
 +    g_free(itlpdir);
 +}
 +
++/* Command set 9 (nano 7G firmware 1.0.1) creates no track choice columns */
++static gboolean has_track_choices(const char *dbf)
++{
++    sqlite3 *db = NULL;
++    gboolean present = sqlite3_open(dbf, &db) == SQLITE_OK
++	&& sqlite3_exec(db, "SELECT audio_language FROM item_stats LIMIT 0;", NULL, NULL, NULL) == SQLITE_OK;
++
++    sqlite3_close(db);
++    return present;
++}
++
 +/* iPod nano 6G/7G: keep the audio and subtitle track choices the device
 +   recorded for items still in the library; the post-process commands
 +   reset them. */
@@ -1258,7 +1269,7 @@
 +		    "the plays, ratings and bookmarks it holds; remove it to write without them",
 +		    device_file);
 +	res = -1;
-+    } else if (g_file_test(device_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
++    } else if (g_file_test(device_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS) && has_track_choices(dbf)) {
 +	/* The columns are unqualified: one that the device's item_stats
 +	   lacks names the new row's own, which keeps its value. */
 +	char *sql = sqlite3_mprintf("ATTACH DATABASE %Q AS device;"
@@ -1282,7 +1293,7 @@
  int itdb_sqlite_generate_itdbs(FExport *fexp)
  {
      int res = 0;
-@@ -2277,6 +2684,7 @@ int itdb_sqlite_generate_itdbs(FExport *fexp)
+@@ -2277,6 +2695,7 @@ int itdb_sqlite_generate_itdbs(FExport *fexp)
      g_assert(fexp->itdb->playlists != NULL);
  
      tzoffset = fexp->itdb->tzoffset;
@@ -1290,7 +1301,7 @@
  
      tmpdir = g_build_path(g_get_tmp_dir(), tmpnam(NULL), NULL);
      if (g_mkdir(tmpdir, 0755) != 0) {
-@@ -2289,7 +2697,8 @@ int itdb_sqlite_generate_itdbs(FExport *fexp)
+@@ -2289,7 +2708,8 @@ int itdb_sqlite_generate_itdbs(FExport *fexp)
  
      /* generate itdb files in temporary directory */
      if (build_itdb_files(fexp->itdb, fexp->albums, fexp->artists, fexp->composers, tmpdir,