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I am using the GSM/GPRS/GNSS HAT for raspberry pi zero and after running a simple script

import serial   
import os, time
 
# Enable Serial Communication
port = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyAMA0", baudrate=115200, timeout=1)
 
# Transmitting AT Commands to the Modem
# '\r\n' indicates the Enter key
 
port.write('AT'+'\r\n')
rcv = port.read(10)
print rcv

this outputs for me AT and then OK but sometimes different unexpected characters are shown so I decided to use minicom to figure out whats going on and the moment I connect with minicom the GSM module starts sending random characters. Is that a hardware fault or is it possible to be serial configuration fault ? When i type AT it repeats each character twice

Update 1: After disabling serial console thanks to @dougie's commentit stopped spamming characters but the moment I type something the character is repeated. but this was solved when i sed a python script instead of typing.

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    Have you disabled the "serial console" in sudo raspi-config or with the GUI preferences dialog? – Dougie Oct 4 '19 at 21:17
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    Disable the "serial console" (which shows up as console=ttyAMA0,115200 in a cat /proc/cmdline command). – Dougie Oct 4 '19 at 21:19
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    In cat /proc/cmdline there isconsole=ttyl how do i disable the serial console from there ? I used sudo raspi-config -> Interfacing options -> Serial -> enable, should I disable this ? @Dougie – Essam Gouda Oct 4 '19 at 21:27
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    I disabled the serial console my output can be shown in the updated post. – Essam Gouda Oct 4 '19 at 21:32
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    @Dougie if u can submit disabling serial console as an answer I will verify its the correct answer thanks for your help ! – Essam Gouda Oct 4 '19 at 21:40
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Disable the "serial console" (which shows up as console=ttyAMA0,115200 in a cat /proc/cmdline command).

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