diff --git a/config/boards/odroidm1.conf b/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
index e87e14e78b..09ced45d3f 100644
--- a/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
+++ b/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ IMAGE_PARTITION_TABLE="gpt"
 FULL_DESKTOP="yes"
 BOOT_LOGO="desktop"
 
-BOOTBRANCH_BOARD="tag:v2025.10"
-BOOTPATCHDIR="v2025.10" # but all changes are done in this board file, not patches
+BOOTBRANCH_BOARD="tag:v2026.01"
+BOOTPATCHDIR="v2026.01" # but all changes are done in this board file, not patches
 
 BOOTCONFIG="odroid-m1-rk3568_defconfig"
 BOOTDIR="u-boot-${BOARD}"
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ function post_family_tweaks__odroidm1_rename_gmac_eth0() {
 
 }
 
+# Important: micro-USB OTG port is shared with lower blue USB3 type-A port; that won't work for booting.
+#            use the upper port, or the USB2 ports for booting.
 function pre_config_uboot_target__odroidm1_patch_uboot_dtsi_for_ums() {
 	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: add to u-boot dtsi for UMS" "info" # avoid a patch, just append to the dtsi file
 	cat <<- UBOOT_BOARD_DTSI_OTG >> arch/arm/dts/rk3568-odroid-m1-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -105,7 +107,6 @@ function pre_config_uboot_target__odroidm1_patch_rockchip_common_boot_order() {
 }
 
 # A better equivalent to patching a defconfig, do changes to .config via code.
-# For UMS/RockUSB to work in u-boot, &usb_host0_xhci { dr_mode = "otg" } is required. See 0002-board-rockchip-ODROID-M1-override-kernel-DT-for-xhci-otg-dr_mode.patch
 function post_config_uboot_target__extra_configs_for_odroid-m1() {
 	[[ "${BRANCH}" == "edge" || "${BRANCH}" == "current" ]] || return 0
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ function post_config_uboot_target__extra_configs_for_odroid-m1() {
 
 	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: enable preboot & reset environment once in preboot" "info"
 	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT
-	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_PREBOOT "'echo armbian leds; led led-0 on; led led-1 on; sleep 0.1; led led-0 off; led led-1 off; sleep 0.1; led led-0 on; if test a\${armbian}a = atwicea; then echo armbian env already set once; else echo armbian resetting environment once; env default -f -a; setenv armbian twice; saveenv; fi'" # double quote
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --set-str CONFIG_PREBOOT "'echo armbian leds; led red:power on; led blue:heartbeat on; sleep 0.1; led red:power off; led blue:heartbeat off; sleep 0.1; led red:power on; if test a\${armbian}a = atwicea; then echo armbian env already set once; else echo armbian resetting environment once; env default -f -a; setenv armbian twice; saveenv; fi'" # double quote
 
 	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: enable EFI debugging command" "info"
 	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CMD_EFIDEBUG
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ function post_config_uboot_target__extra_configs_for_odroid-m1() {
 	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_CMD_XXD
 
 	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}/${BRANCH}" "u-boot: enabling UMS/RockUSB Gadget functionality" "info"
-	declare -a enable_configs=("CONFIG_CMD_USB_MASS_STORAGE" "CONFIG_USB_GADGET" "USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD" "CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_ROCKUSB" "CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_ACM" "CONFIG_CMD_ROCKUSB" "CONFIG_CMD_USB_MASS_STORAGE")
+	declare -a enable_configs=("CONFIG_CMD_USB_MASS_STORAGE" "CONFIG_USB_GADGET" "USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD" "CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_ROCKUSB" "CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_ACM" "CONFIG_CMD_ROCKUSB")
 	for config in "${enable_configs[@]}"; do
 		run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable "${config}"
 	done