diff --git a/frontend/device/android/device.lua b/frontend/device/android/device.lua
index 9e4ca3b49..b7529e1c1 100644
--- a/frontend/device/android/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/android/device.lua
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ function Device:performHapticFeedback(type)
     android.hapticFeedback(C["AHAPTIC_"..type])
 end
 
+function Device:setIgnoreInput(enable)
+    android.setIgnoreInput(enable)
+end
+
 function Device:retrieveNetworkInfo()
     local ok, type = android.getNetworkInfo()
     ok, type = tonumber(ok), tonumber(type)
diff --git a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
index 524f818df..2befd8125 100644
--- a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ Device specific method for performing haptic feedback.
 --]]
 function Device:performHapticFeedback(type) end
 
+-- Device specific method for toggling input events
+function Device:setIgnoreInput(enable) return true end
+
 -- Device specific method for toggling the GSensor
 function Device:toggleGSensor(toggle) end
 
diff --git a/platform/android/luajit-launcher b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
index 8cb68727e..fc4982b4a 160000
--- a/platform/android/luajit-launcher
+++ b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8cb68727e2b723759c468f25472191e3415676ec
+Subproject commit fc4982b4afd50d2b86ae56e97b3bf09d191c81bb
diff --git a/plugins/kosync.koplugin/main.lua b/plugins/kosync.koplugin/main.lua
index c12640feb..79c507260 100644
--- a/plugins/kosync.koplugin/main.lua
+++ b/plugins/kosync.koplugin/main.lua
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ function KOSync:doRegister(username, password)
         custom_url = self.kosync_custom_server,
         service_spec = self.path .. "/api.json"
     }
+    Device:setIgnoreInput(true)
     local userkey = md5.sum(password)
     local ok, status, body = pcall(client.register, client, username, userkey)
     if not ok then
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ function KOSync:doRegister(username, password)
             text = body and body.message or _("Unknown server error"),
         })
     end
-
+    Device:setIgnoreInput(false)
     self:saveSettings()
 end
 
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ function KOSync:doLogin(username, password)
         custom_url = self.kosync_custom_server,
         service_spec = self.path .. "/api.json"
     }
+    Device:setIgnoreInput(true)
     local userkey = md5.sum(password)
     local ok, status, body = pcall(client.authorize, client, username, userkey)
     if not ok then
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@ function KOSync:doLogin(username, password)
                 text = _("An unknown error occurred while logging in."),
             })
         end
+        Device:setIgnoreInput(false)
         return
     elseif status then
         self.kosync_username = username
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@ function KOSync:doLogin(username, password)
             text = body and body.message or _("Unknown server error"),
         })
     end
-
+    Device:setIgnoreInput(false)
     self:saveSettings()
 end