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[LG Optimus 3D] Karim Kahale:
This guide will help you fix your phone for sure :D http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] msmmann:
Greetings Everyone,

I've had this issue with my S4 since I got it. During every phone call, at random times, it sounds like someone is hitting a button on their phone causing an annoying tone beep, like someone is pressing the 4 button. My phone is always locked during the phone call and I've asked if the other person could have hit the key which they always say no. This is HIGHLY annoying as it happens during every call. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the cause of this?

Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kreoXDA:
maybe it is your alerts? Did you try going to Settings of the dialer, and switching off "minute minder" and "alert during calls" under "call alerts" menu?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] msmmann:
Thanks for the suggestions. I did check and confirmed that Yes minute minder is turned off as well as call alerts..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kreoXDA:
Really strange then, never heard of this. Maybe you are calling a landline, and two people pick up on the other end, and one of them accientally hits some keys before hanging up.

I am out of guesses. :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Deleted member 2634637:
Are you using Google voice or is someone you're calling using Google voice? When I made calls using Google voice I would experience this exact behavior... a random touch tone beep every so often...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] msmmann:
Nope, not using Google Voice and am always talking to people on their cell phones. I rarely call landline phones anymore. I have pretty much all notification settings turned off also. I'm at a loss here :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] geoldr:
I have this EXACT problem.

Happens on my S3 as well. I replaced sim cards but that doesn't do anything. I'm guessing its something with att

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I always thought it was a problem with the other persons service, but I was on the phone with HP tech support for work and I was on speakerphone with the phone laying on the desk and the guy kept asking me if I was pressing the dial tone buttons. That's when I was certain it's a problem with something on AT&T. Or just a weird problem that both my S3 and S4 have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] qbanlinxx:
Which dialer are you using? I also had this same issue on my Galaxy Nexus. Haven't had the issue on the S4 yet
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] geoldr:
I am completely stock just rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] msmmann:
So glad to hear I'm not the only one having the issue. I'm calling AT&T today to see what they say. Maybe it's just a jacked up phone. I'll keep you guys posted on what they say.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BillTheCat:
I have the same characteristic on my HTC One, so it's not unique to the S4. For the moment, I'm thinking it's just a tone corresponding to notifications, but I'll be following the thread with interest. Please report your finding.

ETA: Won't the joke be on all of us if we find out its the NSA listening in on our conversations?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iwantitall:
I have the same issue with the key tones. I hear them randomly and it is so annoying. It all started when I got a warranty replacement Galaxy S3. I thought because the S3 might be a refurb. that is why it was doing this key tones. So I signed a contract and got the Galaxy S4 and the problem did not end. I had EIGHT different S4's, SIX different sim cards, did many hard resets, made two different google accounts, tried another phone, changed my phone number, and changed my account with ATT. IT STILL DOES THE NOISE!!!!! HELP ME PLEASE!!! SOMEONE!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] cabadam:
Interesting... I had the exact same thing with my Sprint Galaxy S3. I hadn't pressed keys on my end, and the person on the other end (different people) always swore they hadn't pressed anything.

I haven't noticed it (yet) on my AT&T S4, but it is definitely not specific to AT&T. My S3 wasn't even rooted - completely stock. Maybe something in the more recent updates from Samsung that is going out to all the carriers?

Edit: Scratch my thought about Samsung, I see someone above mentioned the HTC One.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iwantitall:
AT&T sent me out a HTC One to try on weds and the first convo I had with someone the key tones were there. The guy at AT&T thought it might have been my 4G LTE signal and he made my phone just 3G because he thought it was the common feature with all the phones but even with just the 3G it still does it. Im at a lost! Every time I hear the key tones I want to throw the phone against the nearest wall.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] VyCariously:
Have it on my S3, on Straight Talk AT&T sim

I've been searching and searching for an answer for this. I've had my phone since February, and this beeping only started in the past couple of months. Someone suggested it was the minute minder, but that is turned off on my phone. I've exhausted all options anyone has posted, and I guess I just have to deal with it. I'm starting to think it's the NSA thing...

By the way, my friend has heard the beeps on their end, as well but don't hear it on calls with other people so it doesn't seem to be their iPhone. Imagine that...still doesn't make me want one! :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
Notification beeps?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] s60convert:
Looks like it might have something to do with "DTMF" Touch tones. In a google search, I am running across many people talking about this issue and addressing it as DTMF but haven't found a solution. Many search hits!

If anybody else wants to try and run it down further, search for DTMF tones during call or similar.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Batgirl:
I have been searching this everywhere. I am starting to think you are right. I went back as far as 2009 though. Initially it was reported with VOIP phones. So I wonder if on the back end companies are beginning to integrate technologies.

Regardless it's annoying! I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Icehearted:
Similar problem, with details.

I've been having a similar issue with key tone sounds during calls as well. I'm with PureTalk USA and have been fine for over a year now, then this started happening. The problem for me began with getting a new call forwarding number because my voicemail began having issues. I noticed I was hearing intermittent sounds like a key being dialed during calls. I checked my settings, nothing indicated the phone had any kind of minute minder active. Because the beeping is irregular that wouldn't make sense anyway. During a call last night, for example, I must have heard it more than 30 times in an hour, many of those times in clusters of 4-7 in the space of only 5 minutes. This happens with incoming and outgoing calls, to any carrier, to even calls to PureTalk customer service.

The other thing I wanted to add was that this was not just with one phone. My regular handset is the unlocked Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I took out the sim and put it into my old Nokia GoPhone, and the problem persisted. The Nokia is not a smart phone, and the setting have never been tampered with, and the last time I'd used that phone I had never had this issue.

PureTalk has done little to resolve this matter, stating that the problem is with the handset settings, even though I've explained that I've had this error with my smart phone and with a dumb phone, but they insist the issue is on my end. Since going to their tech support my data has stopped working as well, which was a consequence of their doing an account reset to attempt to resolve my problem. They again tell me this is an issue with my handset and not on their end, despite the account reset changing nothing on my phone. Other tech support ideas such as sending a new sim card and wiping my phone didn't help, not that it would have since the error is on multiple phones, through two sim cards.

Going to switch carriers, thinking TMobile. If PureTalk is convinced my issue is in my handset and continues closing the ticket I don't see that this will ever be resolved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BillTheCat:
Well, if it is in fact the NSA eavesdropping on our conversations, then color me disappointed. You think they'd do a better job of covering their tracks. No sense in covert surveillance if you're gonna be announcing it every few minutes with an audible tone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Prolog AU:
Me too, glad I am not alone

It is clear, it is random, it is not a notification. It sounds just like someone on the other end very briefly tapped the key on their phones keypad. It is truly the bizarrest thing but I am living with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ralphie1267:
U sure u dont have minute reminder set in phone settings this will put a beep in earpiece every min or so to remind u of your minutes being used just a thought hope this helps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iwantitall:
It is no notification nothing like that. I have no idea what is causing this and ATT has no idea either. Everyone I speak tell me this is the weirdest issue they ever heard.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ripcord808:
I too have this issue with a less than week old iPhone 5s and AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Icehearted:
My carrier when this began was PureTalk USA, now I'm with T-Mobile. The issue has persisted. Despite everything else I've tried. Oddly the frequency of irregular beeping was getting worse, and now I've inexplicably had it happen once, so I am unsure if it is the same issue. I'm already looking into it, but find it incredibly strange that this is a problem both with a smart and dumb phone, which have completely different means of operation. Can't for the life of me figure out the cause. Wondering if there isn't something being done to the sim card that is making this happen on different handsets (as in I use the card in one phone and it creates a setting that will cause this in other phones in which i use the sim card). I'm not nearly informed enough ab out this sort of thing to even know if it is possible.

Maybe this beeping is just what it sounds like when the NSA is listening in on my calls? Sure that's likely fantasy, but at this point I'm just about willing to entertain anything that would explain this.:confused:

Update:

So it's just as bad now as before. Don't know why it started up again, or why it was so quiet for a day or so, but now it's freaking out and beeping just as much as before. I had been thinking this through, considering the variables, and the only common theme seems to be the sim card. Locations makes no difference, and it doesn't matter if I send or receive the call. Time of day, long distance or local, toll free; this is happening under all circumstances. The only other part, in case I didn't make this clear, was that it only happens when the other side was speaking, and they never hear it, only I do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] fujichan:
Something new to add

I had this problem with my Galaxy Nexus. I had to get the screen replaced by Samsung, so I assumed that it was a faulty proximity sensor. Then, a week ago, I got an iPhone 5S. Both phones are used on AT&T. The iPhone came with a new SIM pre-installed. Much to my chagrin, the issue persisted, even when using a wired headset. Sometimes the person on the other end can hear it. Sometimes they can't. It happens with anyone: my wife, various tech support numbers, co-workers' mobile and desk phones, etcetera. I've looked all over and have found plenty of people posting about this issue on Android and Apple forums, but no solutions or notions as to what the problem is.

Then today, I noticed something interesting. I was on a Bluetooth hands-free call in my car and the keytone happened to occur. Right when it did, a number (either a 5 or a 2) flashed on my car's head unit. Never saw that mentioned before and I'm not sure what it could mean. New phone and new SIM, so it seems carrier/account related.

Quite a few folks seem to think that it is Google Voice related. I may try removing my mobile number from that and see what happens. I'm at a loss otherwise. NSA, I guess.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] geoldr:
I am still having this issue as well.

I don't have Google Voice so I don't think thats it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joey2talk2:
stupid beeping

Without Prejudice

I'm having this stupid issue too.. I was working along side a Telus engineer but the head engineer basically long story short to F off lmao so much for service with with Telus right?.. anyways

I had a galaxy s3 and had this issue present, I then tried a galaxy s glide - same thing, now im with an lg g2 and same thing.. I put in new sim cards and all still same thing... everytime I hear this keytone I wanna smash everything. Plus its freakin loud when it rings like that in your ear my ear hurts.. Telus reassures its nothing from their end and instead of helping me out further told me to f off.. lol

look at this email. I was also recording my calls to show them the beeping so they would believe me.. they made me feel as if im stupid and its a notification beep when clearly it isnt.. pretty sad..

So who's fault is this beeping crap happening from? lol

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There was a lot emailing back and forth last week, this is the last received from the core engineer:

Hi,

So he’s been recording all conversations to catch the beeps? He seems to receive/make tons of calls. If this was an issue in our network he would have it consistently. (((((((((((( I do LOL just sad ))))))))))))))))))))))

Anyway, this is last time it made some sense to work on this customer issue. I found his call but of course (Murphy Law) it was a Brix glitch and did not get the media in both directions (if the customer was hearing the beep we should get the reverse media) – will send it to EXFO. I had another same call example and it got both ways – he made later last night. No DTMF.

Anyway, listening to the conversation this beep happens when the lady says “dollars” – right after the “do” part - and she says again “dollars” but the beep is not happening. If it was her voice doing it, it should have happened every time she pronounced the same word. I think he was doing something with his phone as you say – cannot believe is interference from transport or RF because then it would be much longer.

Really, we have to put an end to it. There is no way we can troubleshoot this any further and spend this much time on it as it is not a mass failure. Just tell him it is not our network – we cannot control every segment of the call from other networks. If he insists, he should get this voice sample taken to an audio analysis lab and identify if this lady’s voice vocals can match the tone frequencies.

Sorry, I am not going to support any more this.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ap10046:
Yup.. same issue here. HTC One Dual sim. Changed 2 phones.

Sounds like you can "hear" the notification LED, a slight static bleep for a split second. Very random.

Can't figure it out..the phone has no option for turning off in-call alerts, even if it were due to them.

The other party cannot hear them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] promo62:
Galaxy S2....Touch Tone Sounds blasting in my ear!

I called Sprint today to ask them why my phone blasts touch tone sounds in my ear when I'm trying to have a conversation. Typical Sprint, they had no answer and shuffled me around until I even eventually hung up. This is annoying and is getting worse. I have had this phone since March of 2012. The touch-tone blasts just started 2 weeks ago. I won't call sprint again, because they are just as annoying as the touch-tone blasts. My contract is up in 4 months then I'm out. I will follow this forum to see if anyone has come up with a solution. Thank you all for contributing to this forum. I thought it was just me that was having this problem. Good Luck to all of us.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BillTheCat:
Since the problem exists across all carriers, I wouldn't be so quick to jump ship from Sprint if you like them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] promo62:
Samsung Galaxy II

Bill TC....

I'm not that unforgiving. I wouldn't jump ship if that were the only problem with Sprint.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] chas227:
phone beeping during calls

I am having the identical problem with a Galaxy S2. Started having the problem about 2 months ago, my provider is Sprint. I hope someone finds an answer, it's really annoying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] makpr:
I have the same problem with sprint and galaxy s4, it started month or two ago,

I have confirmed with a friend that it's having the same problem also with sprint but with LG Optimus G,

It's totally random, happens while calling land line, calls to the same network or other networks,

it's totally crazy and annoying.

sounds like the person on the other end it's pressing a number generating a dtmf tone.

I found this post while researching this problem through Google.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rcube:
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2

I am on Sprint with a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and am this problem has just appeared within the last six months. It appears to mostly be a Samsung issue with the few HTC exceptions. I sure hope this gets fixed soon, it's super annoying! :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] electricpete1:
i don't have this problem particularly.

On my AT&T phone there is some kind of call waiting feature where I hear a double-beep tone when I'm on the phone and receive a call from someone else.

Please don't beat me up if that's not your issue... just wanted to mention it since I didn't see it previously mentioned based on a quick skim of the thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] BillTheCat:
Nope. That's not it. You'll know it when you heat it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] koolaidnazi:
I have the EXACT same issue. I have the HTC One via Virgin Mobile. No minute-reminder, no notification setting, no SIM card, nothing of that sort. Sometimes people on the other end can hear the beeps, and sometimes they can't. It is very irritating!!! It's almost like some sort of slow torture to drive us all insane. UGH! Somebody please figure this out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] razz2525:
It's funny, to me I always thought it sounded as if I were being recorded just as they do on a customer service line or a double-beep to let you know you're not on mute (or on mute). I do not have minute minder on and it is not an alert. Yet every few minutes or so, I hear a quick beep-beep of a touch tone. It's not random timing. I'm going to time it next time to see how long it is between beeps.

Oddly, now that I'm thinking about it, I only hear these series of beeps during calls when I'm on speakerphone. I don't hear them when I have the phone to my ear.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (AT&T/I337).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Qbeezy24:
I have the same problem and I told best buy about it they replaced my phone but I still have same problem not even a week later and I have a new site card from AT&T in my phone. I'm clueless.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] tom1968:
Been trying to find an answer to this as well. I have the galaxy s3 and note2 both on sprint and both have the same problem. My co-worker has the Iphone5s on sprint and has the problem as well. I called sprint and was told it was a Samsung issue and sprint had notified them. When I told them it was happening on my co-workers iphone she insisted it could not be happening as it was a Samsung only issue. seemed to be a waste of a call, not happy with the level of support from sprint lately.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KineticArc:
2 Nexus 5s same issue

Anyone have a fix for this? I have the same random noise during phone calls. Actually, mine and my wife's Nexus 5 devices do the same thing. This happens on T-Mobile and Sprint service. It definitely is not minute reminder or inbound notifications. It distinctively sounds like a key press tone; as if the dialer is up and your cheek is holding a digit for a second or two. This is not happening, by the way, as it can be heard when on speakerphone with the screen off and no one touching the device. The other person cannot hear the key tone. It can happen multiple times in a phone call, or none at all.

I haven't tried the Nexus 5 with our StraightTalk SIM card long enough to comment on whether this is happening on AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] memsdroid:
Have this as well. S3 at Sprint
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pryerlee:
I've also started to hear keypad tones when I'm talking on the phone, I've got no idea why...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Talex416:
Same here with S3 on Wind's network
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mcchurchmouse:
Me too!

I've been having this problem for two to three months now after having Att for over a year without the issue. It has started on my Note 2 and also on a pantech smartphone I was trying out. It happens out on the network and at home on my microcell. Att has been friendly at times but completely useless. It frightens me that no one has had a successful resolution to this issue. I too am losing my mind. Anyone find a solution?

Benjamin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] armyturtle:
I have the same issue on my S4 from Sprint. My phone is rooted and I use Google Voice. I assumed it was something related to that until I saw on here people without Google Voice have experienced it. On my phone it has happened on BOTH speakerphone AND while holding against my head. My screen is always darkened out while talking on it and this happens so it's not that my ear which is causing it.

Interestingly enough I know at least one of the tones that gets pressed is "4" because on Google Voice, it starts call recording when that is pressed and I've sometimes heard the tone (2-3 seconds in length) followed by Google saying "this call is now being recorded." Other times I don't hear that after the tone so I'm assuming there's at least 2 different number tones being pushed/sent. I believe someone here said they had their phone connected to their car via bluetooth while this happened and saw their head unit on the car dash display 5 and/or 4 when this has happened to them.

I'm convinced it's a thing with the phone itself, or the Android operating system at the lowest level.

Sorry I have no fix either guys but I'm following this thread to see if anyone else comes up with one. This is REALLY REALLY annoying.

My fix may just be to switch to the S5 and get KitKat - but then again, who's to say that'll fix the problem??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mjmedik:
Not a fix post just adding to the data pool. I have a moto x on sprint running kit kat. I've been having this problem for at least 6 months but it happens on every call now and some calls it happens every 30 seconds and is extremely disruptive. I originally thought it was google voice and was very close to removing it, but it seems like it's more of an android problem. I don't think the android version matters or the network. I've subscribed to this thread and will continue to search for a fix.