Play services syncing topic

About a month ago I turned off the "sharing device info" option in Google settings. Now after I turn it back on it doesn't actually "turn back on" and the issue has plagued all devices with my account now. Although it's turned back on it doesn't save a list of my installed apps or system state and after a few reboots the option is turned back off. I've tried doing a clean flash and setting up as a new device or even restoring from a previous one but no dice. Upon calling Google support to see if they could just reset the option they advised me to "contact my device manufacturer to help in configuring" so they were a lot of help. /s
Has anyone else had to deal with this issue?
I'm running lollipop fwiw.