Negative numbers that replace the wifi symbol when I try to use my work or home wifi

I have noticed that when I try to use the Wifi to send recieve data on my iphone 4, the wifi symbol is replaced by a negative number (eg: -55). The number will fluctuate up and down. I am brand new to the iphone (smartphones in gereral actually) and my concern is that my data usage over the 8 days I have had the phone has been astronomical. 90% of the data usage i have been doing as been over what i thought was my wifi network so i should not have been useing anywhere near the data as I have been.
Could this be causing my connection to automatically switch from my wifi to the network? Other iphone users i have shown this to have never seen this before.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm scared now to do anything data related on my phone for fear of the insane amount of data i seem to have used.
Thanks

You can verify that the phone is new by checking the warranty on this page: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
You have 2 problems. The first is the field test display. You should be able to resove this by rebooting the phone - hold the HOME and POWER buttons at the same time until an Apple log appears, ignoring the "slide..." message. Takes about 10 seconds of holding.
When the phone is asleep WiFi is turned off, so if you have any background processes running that use data they will use cellular data. If you cannot maintain a WiFi connection when the phone is awake first try rebooting your router. If that doesn't fix it go to the manufacturer's web site and update the router to the latest firmware version. If it happens with all WiFi networks, not just your home network, go to the Settings app - General/Reset - Reset Network Settings.
If you still have a WiFi problem after this take the phone to an Apple store and they will either fix it ore replace it.

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