How do you manually change deadzones on Xbox One Controller

Hi everyone, there's been an issue that has been bothering me for a while with my controller whenever I game - I have tried to ignore it but it irritates me so much and I can't seem to find help anywhere.

I have a purple Cortana version of the Hyperkin Duke Xbox One Controller and my issue is its incredibly sensitive left trigger that literally has no deadzone whatsoever, so often in games the slightest nudge will consider the left trigger as fully pressed.

This issue doesn't affect the right trigger as that has a deadzone that works perfectly and using Steam's method of changing deadzones doesn't work, so I was hoping if there's a way I could change it manually via an application or the terminal. Thanks in advance.

System:
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date: 09/10/2021
Battery:
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charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
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Network:
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Garuda (2.6.4-2):
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Failed units:

Did you try AntimicroX?

I had a look into it but I saw no options on how to tweak deadzones or anything like that sadly.

Bump, could really do with some help on this. I've been asking around on other forums, Reddit and other places and I haven't been getting any help on this whatsoever from others. I can't find anything useful in my searches to help with this neither and it's getting beyond frustrating now on how utterly stumped I am on this. All I need to know is how to set a deadzone on the left trigger, that's literally it, any help at all would be massively appreciated.

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