I had the same issues as everyone else. Mine came with firmware 3.0.0.4.376_3108 and I couldn't enable SSH or telnet using F12 (javascript). I tried the Asus Utility, but the connection always timed out and said the router wasn't in recovery mode (even though it was). For the Mini CFE Gui, holding the reset button for 10-15 seconds while powering up didn't have the slow flashing LED indication, but the recovery web gui still popped up after refreshing the ip a few times in chrome. From there I was able to downgrade to 376.1703 and start bootymonger's guide. If the web gui didn't pop up, the next step would have been to try tftp or let it auto update to the latest firmware to enable ssh.