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I definitely agree, no conversations should be struck up in the men's room, although conversations with friends begun outside the men's room can, IMO, be continued, although in subdued tones. I am also not a fan of cellphone usage in there: nothing is weirder than hearing some guy talking loudly to himself while he craps, except maybe said guy cheerfully telling his caller where he is and what he is doing.
As for other, "natural" noises: my feeling is, public or not, it's a bathroom. Farty or juicy noises are often unavoidable, and it's a bit ridiculous to try not to make them. On the other hand, there should be no audible grunting, straining, sighs of relief, or exclamations of relief, joy, impatience, or frustration; and certainly no invocation of deity.
I would say, incidentally, that public bathrooms are for excretion/urination and hand-washing only: just because the stall doors close and lock doesn't mean it's okay to crank one out in there.
And finally, yes, I agree that whatever one may do at home, one should at least make an honest pretense of hand-washing in public bathrooms.
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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