I used this method to root my SGH-I747 (thx for the write-up btw), but I'm now running into some difficulties with Rom Manager. It claims that I do not have cwm installed, and when I select the option to DL/install the latest version, it freezes up and never completes. Is the recovery file used here incompatible with Rom Manager?
At the time I posted this guide this was the most recent CWM and was pull directly from the cwm website. I went online to today and got this version but haven't posted it to this guide yet. Again this version was downloaded directly from their website and as of this morning is the most current version. See below for the link and directions for installing it.
These directions are ONLY for those that already have root and recovery and just wish to update their cwm to the most recent version.
Download this to a folder on your desktop. Open odin and leave all the default checks alone. Put a check in the pda block, click the pda button and browse to the file you downloaded. put your phone in download mode and connect it to your computer with the usb cord. Make sure odin see's your phone by indicating com and any number in the com id block. hit start. When it reboots you can unplug the phone.
CWM Version 6.0.2.3 Touch
As for rom manager, I don't recommend it. You need to learn to do everything from recovery. I feel people should learn the correct way. Everything rom manager does, you can do on your own in recovery. By using Rom Manager you will not learn anything and when things go wrong (which they will) you will be unprepared to deal with it.