Same problem here.
But none of the above works.
Renamed profiles.xml (not empty) and a new one was created ( still just safe mode)
I have no 0byte files in storage/.kodi/temp/
Suggestions?
Code
2019-09-20 20:01:27.080 T:1937007168 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Starting Kodi (18.4 Git:newclock5_18.4-Leia). Platform: Linux ARM 32-bit
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x32 build (version for Raspberry Pi)
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Kodi compiled 2019-09-03 by GCC 8.3.0 for Linux ARM 32-bit version 4.19.66 (267074)
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Running on LibreELEC (official): 9.1.501, kernel: Linux ARM 32-bit version 4.19.66
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: FFmpeg version/source: 4.0.4-Kodi
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Host CPU: ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l), 4 cores available
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: ARM Features: Neon enabled
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/kodi/
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/kodi
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://xbmcbinaddons/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/kodi/addons
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /storage/.kodi/userdata
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://envhome/ is mapped to: /storage
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /storage/.kodi
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /storage/.kodi/temp
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://logpath/ is mapped to: /storage/.kodi/temp
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin
2019-09-20 20:01:27.081 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Local hostname: LibreELEC
2019-09-20 20:01:27.082 T:1937007168 NOTICE: Log File is located: /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log
2019-09-20 20:01:27.082 T:1937007168 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
2019-09-20 20:01:27.084 T:1937007168 INFO: loading settings
2019-09-20 20:01:27.084 T:1937007168 ERROR: CProfileManager: error loading special://masterprofile/profiles.xml, Line 0
Failed to open file
2019-09-20 20:01:27.084 T:1937007168 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
2019-09-20 20:01:27.084 T:1937007168 FATAL: unable to load profile